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Aggregate effects of a universal social insurance fiscal reform
Antón, Arturo; Leal, Julio - 2013
payroll tax to replace it with a generalized VAT (i.e., a reconfiguration of taxes). The authors find that this reform …
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Debt reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean
Panizza, Ugo; Powell, Andrew - 2023
During the pandemic, public debt in Latin America and the Caribbean rose to more than 70 percent of GDP, and countries are now attempting to lower debt ratios. We analyze past debt reduction episodes and find inflation and the real interest rate were the most frequent main drivers, while higher...
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Fiscal policy, income redistribution, and poverty reduction in Latin America
Lustig, Nora; Pabon, Valentina Martinez; Pessino, Carola - 2023
This paper uses standard fiscal incidence analysis to study how much income redistribution and poverty reduction are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014564068
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Reverse causality between oil policy and fiscal policy? The Venezuelan experience
Manzano, Osmel; Saboin, José Luis - 2021
favor a more tax oriented oil policy, leaving the oil in the subsoil. …
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Debt sustainability in Guatemala: Institutional arrangement and quantitative analysis
Catalán-Herrera, Juan Carlos - 2020
development indicators, dealing with redistribution issues and other goals that fiscal policy could pursue. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012534472
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Intercontinental evidence on socioeconomic status and early childhood cognitive skills: Is Latin America different?
Lopez Boo, Florencia - 2013
school years) in four developing countries: Peru, Ethiopia, India, and Vietnam. Intercontinental evidence on the timing …
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