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Public finance

the hypothesis that tax cuts force later spending restraint by shrinking revenue, tested against evidence that spending does not fall.

In public finance, starve the beast refers to the hypothesis that tax cuts force later spending restraint by shrinking revenue, tested against evidence that spending does not fall. This meaning comes from Romer (2007) in Do Tax Cuts Starve the Beast: The Effect of Tax Changes on Government Spending.[1]

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References

Romer, C., & Romer, D. (2007). Do Tax Cuts Starve the Beast: The Effect of Tax Changes on Government Spending. National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w13548

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