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Khemani, Stuti - 2008

"Political economy explanations for fiscal profligacy are dominated by models of bargaining among organized interest groups over group-specific targeted benefits financed by generalized taxation. These models predict that governments consisting of a coalition of political parties spend more than...

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Costs of taxation and the benefits of public goods : the role of income effects

Martin, Will - 2005

"The fact that raising taxes can increase taxed labor supply through income effects is frequently used to justify much lower measures of the marginal welfare cost of taxes and greater public good provision than indicated by traditional, compensated analyses. The authors confirm that this...

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Fostering technology absorption in Southern African enterprises

Goldberg, Itzhak (contributor); Kuriakose, Smita (contributor) - 2011

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Agricultural land redistribution and land administration in Sub-Saharan Africa : case studies of recent reforms

Byamugisha, Frank (contributor) - 2014

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Wage subsidy and labor market flexibility in South Africa

Go, Delfin S. (contributor) - 2009

"In this paper, the authors use a highly disaggregate general equilibrium model to analyze the feasibility of a wage subsidy to unskilled workers in South Africa, isolating and estimating its potential employment effects and fiscal cost. They capture the structural characteristics of the labor...

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Small businesses in South Africa : who outsources tax compliance work and why?

Coolidge, Jacqueline G. - 2009

"The authors use firm-level survey data on 998 small and medium enterprises registered for tax in South Africa … regarding tax compliance costs to investigate the use of outsourcing to complete tax compliance tasks. Overall, about 43 percent … of the enterprises do all their tax compliance work in-house, 11 percent outsource all their tax compliance work, and the …

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Local sources of financing for infrastructure in Africa : a cross-country analysis

Irving, Jacqueline - 2009

"With the exception of South Africa, local financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa remain underdeveloped and small, with a particular dearth of financing with maturity terms commensurate with the medium- to long-term horizons of infrastructure projects. But as financial market reforms gather...

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Paying the price for unreliable power supplies : in-house generation of electricity by firms in Africa

Foster, Vivien - 2009

"This paper documents the prevalence of in-house generation of electric power by firms in Sub-Saharan Africa and attempts to identify the underlying causes. The analysis is based on two data sources. The UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base (WEPP), a global inventory of electric power...

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Tax policy to reduce carbon emissions in South Africa

Devarajan, Shantayanan (contributor) - 2009

, the authors explore the impact of a carbon tax relative to alternative energy taxes on economic welfare. Using a … content. The authors consider a "pure" carbon tax as well as various proxy taxes such as those on energy or energy … targeted the tax to carbon emissions, the better the welfare results. If a carbon tax is feasible, it will have the least …

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Macro-micro feedback links of water management in South Africa : CGE analyses of selected policy regimes

Hassan, Rashid M. (contributor) - 2008

"The pressure on an already stressed water situation in South Africa is predicted to increase significantly under climate change, plans for large industrial expansion, observed rapid urbanization, and government programs to provide access to water to millions of previously excluded people. The...

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