Refunds are an essential feature of well-functioning VAT systems and take up a sizeable portion of government spending. In South Africa, refunds amount to 50 per cent of gross VAT collection, representing a substantial transfer from the government to taxpayers that has to occur at relatively...

Refunds are an essential feature of well-functioning VAT systems and take up a sizeable portion of government spending. In South Africa, refunds amount to 50 per cent of gross VAT collection, representing a substantial transfer from the government to taxpayers that has to occur at relatively...

How does the fragmentation of local governments affect economic activity? We examine this question in the context of a major period of government proliferation in Indonesia in which the number of districts increased by 50 percent from 2000 to 2014. Exploiting idiosyncratic variation in the...

How does the fragmentation of local governments affect economic activity? We examine this question in the context of a major period of government proliferation in Indonesia in which the number of districts increased by 50 percent from 2000 to 2014. Exploiting idiosyncratic variation in the...

How does the fragmentation of local governments affect economic activity? We examine this question in the context of a major period of government proliferation in Indonesia in which the number of districts increased by 50 percent from 2000 to 2014. Exploiting idiosyncratic variation in the...

How does the fragmentation of local governments affect economic activity? We examine this question in the context of a major period of decentralization in Indonesia in which the number of local governments increased by 50 percent within a decade. Exploiting idiosyncratic variation in the timing...

How does the fragmentation of local governments affect economic activity? We examine this question in the context of a major period of decentralization in Indonesia in which the number of local governments increased by 50 percent within a decade. Exploiting idiosyncratic variation in the timing...

How does the fragmentation of local governments affect economic activity? We examine this question in the context of a major period of decentralization in Indonesia in which the number of local governments increased by 50 percent within a decade. Exploiting idiosyncratic variation in the timing...

In South Dakota v. Wayfair (2018), the Supreme Court empowered states to require remote sellers to remit sales taxes, thereby eliminating a persistent difference in the tax treatment of online and brick and mortar commerce. Despite the attention this decision received, we know little about how...