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From Growth to Prosperity: Policy Perspectives for Trinidad and Tobago
Artana, Daniel; Thomas, Wendell; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Port of Spain on July 13th, 2004. After more than a decade of economic growth and despite encouraging prospects for the … growth and to benefit its citizens more equitably, the country must continue to grapple with major issues. This report sheds …
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Why Don't We Tax the Rich? Inequality, Legislative Malapportionment, and Personal Income Taxation around the World
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Ardanaz, Martín - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper argues that the details of political institutions help explain the low levels of personal income taxation. In particular, legislative malapportionment enables rich elites to exercise disproportionate political influence. Because over-represented districts tend to be dominated by...
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