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the extent to which particular taxes are affected by the globalization process. It speculates on future developments in …
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labor taxes, we assess the evolution of trends in hours worked over the 1995-2017 period. We find that the inclusion of tax … margins) to quantify the deadweight loss introduced by consumption and labor taxes. We find that these taxes explain a large …
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This paper revisits the effects of corruption on the state's capacity to raise revenue, building on the existing empirical literature using new and more disaggregated data. We use a comprehensive dataset for 147 countries spanning 1995-2014, compiled by the IMF. It finds that-consistent with the...
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Is there a minimum tax to GDP ratio associated with a significant acceleration in the process of growth and development? We give an empirical answer to this question by investigating the existence of a tipping point in tax-to-GDP levels. We use two separate databases: a novel contemporary...
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crisis. In particular, it reviews the existing evidence on the links between taxes and many characteristics of the crisis …
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increasing income taxes while reducing consumption and property taxes is associated with slower growth over the long run. We also … find that: (1) among income taxes, social security contributions and personal income taxes have a stronger negative … association with growth than corporate income taxes; (2) a shift from income taxes to property taxes has a strong positive …
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Issues of taxation and development, which have long been a central concern of the IMF, have attracted wider and renewed interest in the last few years. This paper reflects on three broad lessons of experience: that developing countries differ vastly in tax matters, and in ways that are less than...
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This paper focuses on two core tax design issues that arise in addressing current fiscal challenges. It first explores the idea, prominent in troubled Eurozone countries, of a "fiscal devaluation": shifting from social contributions to the VAT as a way to mimic a nominal devaluation. Empirical...
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avoidance; but, if online firms remit taxes, online sales may put upward pressure on tax rates because internet sales help … enforce destination-based taxes. I find that higher internet penetration generally results in lower municipal tax rates, but … raises tax rates in some jurisdictions. The latter effect emerges in states where many online vendors remit taxes. A one …
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consumption taxes in total tax revenues increases and this process have triggered higher tax burden on labor in most of the EU …
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