This paper discusses the implications for tax systems of globalization of capital markets and of economies. It shows … this area and on tax competition …

-2014, compiled by the IMF. It finds that-consistent with the existing literature-corruption is negatively associated with overall tax … revenue, and most of its components. This relationship is predominantly influenced by the way corruption interacts with tax … compliance. The establishment of large taxpayer offices improves tax compliance by dampening the perception of corruption …

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 …

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 …

vastly in tax matters, and in ways that are less than fully understood; that the history of ‘big ideas' in guiding tax reform …

of the main interrelations between the Caribbean region and the rest of the world, and then we quantify the impact of …

), particularly for the low-income and older individuals. Using simulations of tax and social benefits and public pensions, the paper … shows how the current tax, welfare, and pension systems create disincentives to work among these groups. The paper finds … that incentives to retire early are strong for men, especially low-wage earners. The marginal effective tax rates also make …

labor taxes, we assess the evolution of trends in hours worked over the 1995-2017 period. We find that the inclusion of tax …