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Priorities for strengthening key revenue sources in Asia

Gupta, Sanjeev; Jalles, João Tovar - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 40 (2023) 2, pp. 271-303

This paper discusses the evolution of key taxes during the past 20 years in developing Asia and the fiscal challenges … capacity and tax potential, and discusses the productivity of key taxes in the region. The paper finds that developing Asia has … property taxes. Increased allocations and better targeting of social spending would help offset some of the regressivity …

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Effects of Fiscal Stimulus in Structural Models

Kumhof, Michael; Muir, Dirk; Resende, Carlos de; Jan in … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

The paper assesses, using seven structural models used heavily by policymaking institutions, the effectiveness of temporary fiscal stimulus. Models can, more easily than empirical studies, account for differences between fiscal instruments, for differences between structural characteristics of...

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The Chicago Plan Revisited

Kumhof, Michael; Benes, Jaromir - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

At the height of the Great Depression a number of leading U.S. economists advanced a proposal for monetary reform that became known as the Chicago Plan. It envisaged the separation of the monetary and credit functions of the banking system, by requiring 100% reserve backing for deposits. Irving...

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Expenditure Composition, Fiscal Adjustment, and Growth in Low-Income Countries

Clements, Benedict J.; Gupta, Sanjeev; Baldacci, Emanuele; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002

This paper assesses the effects of expenditure composition as well as fiscal adjustment on economic growth in a sample of 39 low-income countries during the 1990s. The paper finds that strong budgetary positions and fiscal consolidation are generally associated with higher economic growth in...

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A Party without a Hangover?on the Effects of U.S. Government Deficits

Laxton, Douglas; Kumhof, Michael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper develops a 2-country New Keynesian overlapping generations model suitable for the joint evaluation of monetary and fiscal policies. We show that a permanent increase in U.S. government deficits raises the world real interest rate and significantly increases U.S. current account...

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Fiscal Management of Scaled-Up Aid

Gupta, Sanjeev; Last, Duncan; Adenauer, Isabell; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This paper discusses the role of fiscal policy and fiscal institutions in managing scaled-up aid. In an environment of volatile scaled-up aid, fiscal policy formulation should be anchored in medium-term frameworks, incorporating a longer-term view of potential resource availability and spending...

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The Macroeconomic Challenges of Scaling Up Aid to Africa

Yang, Yongzheng; Powell, Robert; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

This paper surveys the economic literature on the scaling-up of aid to Africa. It provides a checklist of issues that need to be considered when preparing a long term macroeconomic projection for a country involving the assumption of a significant increase in aid. Such scaling-up scenarios are...

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To Starve or Not to Starve the Beast?

Kumhof, Michael; Leigh, Daniel; Laxton, Douglas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

For thirty years prominent voices have advocated a policy of starving the beast cutting taxes to force government …

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Restoring Debt Sustainability After Crises; Implications for the Fiscal Mix

Baldacci, Emanuele; Gupta, Sanjeev; Mulas-Granados, Carlos - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

This paper analyzes the experience of 99 advanced and developing economies in restoring fiscal sustainability during 1980 - 2008 after banking crises, which led to large accumulation of public debt. It finds that successful debt reductions have relied chiefly on generation of large primary...

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Resource Blessing, Revenue Curse? Domestic Revenue Effort in Resource-Rich Countries

Crivelli, Ernesto; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

taxes on goods and servicesâ€”in particular, the VATâ€” followed by a smaller negative impact on corporate income and trade … taxes. …

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