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Income Inequality and Fiscal Policy
Coady, David; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...
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United States; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This Selected Issues paper for the United States discusses the microeconomics of the country—household wealth and savings. Households’ consumption-saving decisions have an important bearing on the U.S. economic outlook. This paper demonstrates how households with consistently lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244682
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Increasing Public Sector Revenue in the Philippines; Equity and Efficiency Considerations
Fletcher, Kevin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Public sector revenue has declined markedly in the Philippines over the past seven years. Most observers of the Philippine economy agree that rebuilding public sector revenue will be critical to reducing deficits and ensuring public sector debt sustainability. This paper reviews several of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263953
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Universal Health Care 101; Lessons for the Eastern Caribbean and Beyond
Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
Despite the increasing interest in universal health care, little is known about the optimal way to finance, design, and …. However, taxation should be the primary financing source. It also concludes that an appropriate and realistic benefit package … health care, certain preconditions are needed, including sound public administration, a small informal economy, and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825841
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Current and Proposed Non-Oil Tax System in Azerbaijan
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper analyzes developments in non-oil tax policy, administration, and revenues in Azerbaijan, and suggests measures for further improvement. The main finding is that Azerbaijan's non-oil tax revenues increased significantly as a share of non-oil GDP in the last five years, but remain below...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826278
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Slovakia's 2004 Tax and Welfare Reforms
Moore, David - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
The paper reviews Slovakia's comprehensive reforms to its taxation and welfare systems in 2004, including the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826356
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Tax Revenue and (or?) Trade Liberalization
Keen, Michael; Baunsgaard, Thomas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
With the public finances of many developing and emerging market countries still heavily dependent on trade tax revenues, further trade liberalization may be hindered unless they are able to develop alternative sources of revenue. While there is now a well-established body of theory and policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768741
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The "Flat Tax(es)"; Principles and Evidence
Varsano, Ricardo; Kim, Kevin; Keen, Michael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
One of the most striking tax developments in recent years, and one that continues to attract considerable attention, is the adoption by several countries of a form of "flat tax." Discussion of these quite radical reforms has been marked, however, more by assertion and rhetoric than by analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769304
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Tax and Welfare Reforms in the Czech Republic; Structural Implications and Challenges
Dalsgaard, Thomas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
The paper provides an analysis and discussion of key structural implications of the 2007 and 2008 welfare and tax reforms in the Czech Republic. Based on a detailed micro-study of marginal and average effective tax rates for individuals at various points along the earnings curve, it concludes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599487
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Tax Systems Under Fiscal Adjustment; A Dynamic CGE Analysis of the Brazilian Tax Reform
Lledo, Victor Duarte - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This paper uses a dynamic computable general equilibrium model (CGE) to analyze the macroeconomic and redistributive effects of replacing turnover and financial transaction taxes in Brazil by a consumption tax. In order to approximate Brazil's compliance with its fiscal adjustment targets, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604980