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Optimal Taxation Policies in the EMS : A Two-Country Model of Public Finance

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper analyzes, in a public finance context, how the optimal use of the inflation and the consumption tax is affected by incorporating into the model constraints on policy decisions that are likely to develop in the context of the EMS by 1992. Two main questions are addressed: first, how...

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The Relative Impact of Income and Consumption Taxes

International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper examines the possibility of ascertaining the welfare changes that occur when a consumption tax replaces an equal-yield income tax. It finds that those with saving/income ratios greater than the social saving/income ratio under the income tax will surely benefit and those with ratios...

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Spend Now, Pay Later? : Tax Smoothing and Fiscal Sustainability in South Asia

International Monetary Fund - 1999

This paper tests a version of Barro’s tax-smoothing model, which assumes intertemporal optimization by a government seeking to minimize the distortionary costs of taxation, using Pakistan and Sri Lankan data for 1956-95 and 1964-97, respectively. The empirical results indicate that...

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Toward More Effective Redistribution : Reform Options for Intergovernmental Transfers in China

International Monetary Fund - 2004

significantly improve both redistribution and equity objectives of the Chinese authorities. This was envisaged in the 1994 fiscal …

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Income Inequality and Redistributive Government Spending

International Monetary Fund - 2003

The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than … argued that unequal societies may spend less on redistribution because of capital market imperfections. Based on different … redistribution …

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India Financial Sector Assessment Program : Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

International Monetary Fund - 2018

This assessment of the implementation of the BCP in India has been completed as part of the Financial Sector Assessment …

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India Financial Sector Assessment Program Update : Securities Regulation

World Bank Group - 2017

This Technical Note examines India's securities market and the regulatory system overseeing the securities market and … market participants. It is based upon a mission to Mumbai, India from March 14 - 31, 2017, conducted as one component of a … occurred in India's securities markets since the last assessment and the changes that have occurred in the regulation of this …

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Competition in Indian Banking

International Monetary Fund - 2005

It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon : What Are the Consequences of China's WTO Entry for India'S Trade

International Monetary Fund - 2005

Organization (WTO). This paper examines the implications of China''s WTO accession for India''s trade, using both econometrics and … computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. The paper analyzes how India stands to lose or gain from China''s WTO entry in terms …

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India : Report on Observance of Standards and Codes—FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism

International Monetary Fund - 2011

India faces a range of money laundering and terrorist financing risks. India continues to be a target for terrorist … groups and has been the victim of numerous attacks. Based on a threat assessment, it was found that India's major sources for … terrorist financing (FT) were funds/resources from organizations outside India, counterfeiting of currency, and criminal …

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