Zodrow, George R.2017-08-022017-08-022017-052017-04-21May 2017Del Carpio Neyra, Victor. "A New Search-and-Matching Computable General Equilibrium Model: Progressive Consumption Taxation and Unemployment Equilibrium Effects on Growth, Unemployment, and Incidence." (2017) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96141">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96141</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/96141I simulate the effects of the enactment of two comprehensive consumption-based tax reforms in the United States - a Hall-Rabushka style flat tax, and the Bradford X-tax. My analysis includes a search and matching model for unemployment in the labor market with endogenous wage bargaining. I examine the long-run economic effects of these reforms, including those in the labor market, as well as the distributional effects on twelve different income groups. In this context, a reform-induced wage reduction that reduces the incentive to work could nevertheless create jobs. However, it may also affect disproportionately the welfare of lower-income groups.application/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.Consumption tax reformsearch-and-matchingcomputable general equilibriumunemploymentincome distributiontax incidencetax efficiency.Thesis2017-08-02