Welfare during wars: a study of war-time corporate taxation and its impact on the economic well-being of a nation
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2026
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Por primera vez en décadas, el mundo se encuentra sufriendo simultáneamente de varios conflictos a gran escala, lo que permite observar cómo las políticas fiscales afectan el bienestar de una nación en conflicto, tanto actual como pasado, y a partir de ello evaluar las mejores políticas para la recuperación económica posterior. Las políticas fiscales ayudan a estabilizar la economía, asistiendo a la nación en tiempos de recesión mediante la expansión del gasto público y aumentando la recaudación fiscal durante los períodos de auge. Sin embargo, los conflictos complican todo, ya que las personas y las empresas abandonan el país o no pueden generar los mismos ingresos fiscales que antes debido a la disminución del gasto de los residentes. Esto, a veces, crea una necesitad de aumento en las tasas impositivas para mantener un ejército y seguir con beneficios sociales. Esto, en su lugar, provoca que más personas y empresas no puedan pagar sus impuestos. Este estudio constata el efecto negativo del aumento en el Impuesto corporativo durante el conflicto, a continuación analizando el bienestar de una nación basándose tanto en los resultados cuantitativos como en las especificaciones cualitativas.
For the first time in decades, the world has found itself suffering from multiple largescale conflicts simultaneously, providing an ability to observe how fiscal policies affect the well-being of a nation in conflict, both current and past, and, based on that, assess the best policies that lead to postconflict economic recovery. Fiscal policies are aimed at stabilization of the economy, helping the nation at the times of recession through expansions of government spending, and increasing tax revenues during boom periods. However, under the context of conflict, complexity is added, with people and companies leaving the country or not being able to provide as much tax revenue as they used to due to the decrease in spendings of residents, which leads to the need of incremented tax rates in order to maintain an army and continue providing social benefits. This, in turn, leads to more people and companies being unable to pay their taxes. This study finds the negative effect of increased Corporate Income Tax rates on the state revenue during conflict and proceeds to discuss the well-being of a nation based on both the quantitative results and qualitative specifications.
For the first time in decades, the world has found itself suffering from multiple largescale conflicts simultaneously, providing an ability to observe how fiscal policies affect the well-being of a nation in conflict, both current and past, and, based on that, assess the best policies that lead to postconflict economic recovery. Fiscal policies are aimed at stabilization of the economy, helping the nation at the times of recession through expansions of government spending, and increasing tax revenues during boom periods. However, under the context of conflict, complexity is added, with people and companies leaving the country or not being able to provide as much tax revenue as they used to due to the decrease in spendings of residents, which leads to the need of incremented tax rates in order to maintain an army and continue providing social benefits. This, in turn, leads to more people and companies being unable to pay their taxes. This study finds the negative effect of increased Corporate Income Tax rates on the state revenue during conflict and proceeds to discuss the well-being of a nation based on both the quantitative results and qualitative specifications.













