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 …

and behaviour of individual businesses and cartels in pre-revolutionary, Soviet and present-day Russia …

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

work and increase the likelihood of compliance by engendering a commitment to tax morality. This insightful and unique …

This book contributes to the current debates on the shadow economy and related issues of tax evasion and corruption …

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 …