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energy/environmental tax systems in Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam suggests that there is substantial scope for policy … Reforms: The Case of Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Vietnam -- A. Comparing Energy Systems in Sweden, Germany, Turkey, and … Energy under the Value-Added Tax System -- 5. Environmental Tax Reforms in Sweden, Germany, Turkey, and Vietnam -- References. …
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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. KEY FEATURES OF THE GLOBAL FISCAL MODEL -- III. CALIBRATING THE MODEL -- IV. THE MACROECONOMIC EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT DEBT -- V. GOVERNMENT SPENDING SHOCKS AND PRIVATE CONSUMPTION -- VI. TAX DISTORTIONS AND THE BENEFITS OF TAX REFORM -- VII. THE EFFECTS...
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This paper studies tariff-tax reforms in a calibrated two-region global New Keynesian model composed of a developing and an advanced region. In our baseline calibration, a revenue-neutral reform that lowers tariffs in developing countries can reduce domestic welfare. The reason is that the...
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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ACE TAX SYSTEMS -- III. ACE SYSTEMS IN PRACTICE -- IV. PREVIOUS ANALYSES OF ACE TAX SYSTEMS -- V. THE BRAZILIAN ACE VARIANT -- VI. CONCLUSION -- Appendix I. Effective Tax Rates -- REFERENCES.
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Tax administration reforms can play an important role in fiscal adjustment. This role is examined by reviewing Indonesia's tax reform cum fiscal adjustment experience since 2001. The paper describes Indonesia's fiscal adjustment strategy, its tax administration reforms, and assesses the impact...
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The Czech Republic has embarked on an ambitious tax reform and expenditure package to bring the deficit sustainably below 3 percent, and intends to reduce the deficit to 1 percent of GDP by 2012. To address the long-term fiscal challenge due to population aging, pension reform proposals are also...
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This paper focuses on the macroeconomic and budgetary impact of tax reforms in a New Keynesian two-country model. Our results show that both income and consumption unilateral tax rate reductions do not constitute a ""free lunch"", in the sense that they have negative budgetary consequences for...
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This paper examines the main distortions of the U.S. corporate income tax (CIT), focusing on its international aspects, and proposes a set of reforms to alleviate them. A bold reform to replace the CIT with a corporate-level rent tax could induce efficiency-enhancing reform of the international...
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Despite the criticality of tax administration (TA) reforms in enhancing domestic revenue mobilization, few studies have attempted to quantify the revenue impact of such reforms. This paper fills this gap by estimating the revenue yields associated with various tax administration capabilities,...
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