The economic power of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) is rapidly increasing, changing the landscape of global …

A decade after the implementation of the initial wave of economic reforms in India, the process of transforming the … competitive efficiency which, in turn, can lead to enhanced growth. This important new book gauges how far India has been … analytical evidence or rigorous scientific studies on the success of India's economic reforms. The expert authors attempt to …

In most industrialized countries the tax burden of poor people has increased dramatically over the last few decades …1. Introduction -- 2. A comparative welfare state analysis of tax mixes -- 3. The economics of taxing labour -- 4 …. Political economy applied to tax mixes -- 5. Empirical evaluation -- 6. Conclusion : employment and redistribution are not …

Examining the taxation and regulation of banks, this book highlights the views of practitioners, tax experts, policy … covers the topical issues of whether the EU should introduce a financial transactions, 'Tobin' or 'Robin Hood' tax and … financial activities tax, could be used to ensure that big banks make a 'true and fair' contribution to their insurance by …

interregional setting. He models how regional governments, using tax rates on real capital and pollutant emissions, determine …. Regions or countries engage in competition for mobile capital in a world where production causes pollution and tax revenues …

efficiency and equity effects of tax smoothing, and potential new effects of population ageing on labour productivity …

achieve a variety of economic and social objectives. Today many governments use the tax system to stimulate economic growth … long-term sustainable environmental policy. Currently, in the debate on global warming, the use of tax instruments to …, the book establishes guidelines for effective tax policy. The book offers tools for tax design in a globalising economy …

This concise book gives a unique overview of bank taxation as an alternative or a compliment to prudential regulation … or non-revenue taxation. Existing bank taxation is reviewed with a view to eliminating distortions in the tax system …, they contend that a financial transaction tax is economically inefficient, potentially costly for the economy, but if set …

Electricity', Journal of Law and Economics, 5, October, 1-16 -- George J. Stigler (1971), 'The Theory of Economic Regulation … of Regulation', Journal of Law and Economics, 19 (2), August, 211-40 -- Harold Demsetz (1968), 'Why Regulate Utilities …-27 -- Richard A. Posner (1971), 'Taxation by Regulation', Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science, 2 (1), Spring, 22 …