This study provides an overview of tax structures in LAC before the COVID-19 pandemic, compares it to OECD countries …, and provides recommendations for growth-friendly and inclusive tax policy reforms. LAC countries collect significantly … lower tax revenue relative to OECD countries and have tax structures that rely excessively on corporate-income taxes (CIT …

robot tax that has featured prominently in the policy debate on automation and show that it could raise the capital stock … and per capita output at the steady state. However, the robot tax cannot induce a takeoff toward positive long-run growth. …

We investigate the relation between changes in tax composition and long-run economic growth using a new dataset … 20 years of observations on total tax revenue during the period 1970-2009-21 high-income, 23 middle-income and 25 low …-income countries. To our knowledge this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dataset on tax composition and growth. We find that …

-up scenarios, analyzing how improving the efficiency of capital spending and of tax revenue collection affect growth and debt …

inflation levels exhibited during 2003-08, with focused attention to increasing efficiency and compliance in tax revenue … collection. Higher tax revenues can facilitate increases in public investment, which then crowd in private investment. The task …

-percentile consumption diagnostics that could inform redistribution policies. The proposed framework is illustrated in application to Iraq …

of the overall tax burden over per capita GDP. In average, an increase of 1 percent in the overall tax burden decreases …). Furthermore, additional econometric results pointed out that a revenue neutral fiscal policy which changes the tax structure …

This paper discusses the theory and practice of tax design to achieve an efficient and equitable outcome, i.e. in … support of inclusive growth. It starts with a discussion of the key principles from tax theory to guide practical tax design …. Then, it elaborates on more granular tax policy, discussing key choices in the structure of the personal income tax on …