Left without choice? Economic ideas, frames and the party politics of value-added taxation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3125292 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Achim Kemmerling (0000-0002-1001-4102, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | mww034 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Socio-Economic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-1461 • E-ISSN: 1475-147X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ser/mww034 |
| OpenAlex | W2561628579 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 63 |
This article investigates how different ideas about value-added taxation (VAT) frame the partisan politics of the welfare state. It employs a content analysis of German and British politicians' motives in parliamentary debates on whether and why to increase VAT rates. A qualitative comparison reveals that there are remarkable differences between the two countries. In Germany, there is a clear and consistent shift in the efficiency frame from macroeconomic condemnation to microeconomic appraisal even among left politicians. This is not visible in British debates, where traditional partisan contestation prevails. The difference in efficiency frames is closely related to unemployment becoming a much more salient issue in Germany than in the UK. The quantitative analysis shows that speakers are indeed more likely to mention the efficiency frame when they are concerned about the labour market
Economics · Frame (networking · German · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Salient · State (computer science · Unemployment · Value (mathematics · Welfare · Welfare state · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |