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Government Spending, Taxes, and Economic Growth

Cashin, Paul A. - 1994

This paper develops an endogenous growth model of the influence of public investment, public transfers, and distortionary taxation on the rate of economic growth. The growth-enhancing effects of investment in public capital and transfer payments are modeled, as is the growth-inhibiting influence...

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Fiscal Policy and Long-Run Growth

Tanzi, Vito - 1996

This paper discusses in a systematic and comprehensive way the existing literature on the relationship between the growth of countries’ economies and various public finance instruments, such as tax policy, expenditure policy, and overall budgetary policy, from the perspectives of allocative...

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Doing more for less? : new evidence on lobbying and government contracts

Agca, Senay; Igan, Deniz; Li, Fuhong; Mishra, Prachi - 2019

Why do firms lobby? This paper exploits the unanticipated sequestration of federal budget accounts in March 2013 that reduced the availability of government funds disbursed through procurement contracts to shed light on this question. Following this event, firms with little or no prior exposure...

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Corruption, Public Investment, and Growth

Tanzi, Vito - 1997

Corruption, particularly political or “grand” corruption, distorts the entire decision-making process connected with … shows that higher corruption is associated with (i) higher public investment; (ii) lower government revenues; (iii) lower … corruption increases public investment while reducing its productivity. These are five channels through which corruption lowers …

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Hold Your Nose and Vote : Why Do Some Democracies tolerate Corruption?

Pani, Marco - 2009

This paper analyses why corruption can persist for long periods in a democracy and inquires whether this can result …, the paper analyzes how corruption distortsthe allocation of resources between public and private expenditure, altering the … citizens can indirectly benefit from corruption. The paper shows that, under this condition, if the citizens anticipate a shift …

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Global firms, national corporate taxes : an evolution of incompatibility

Hebous, Shafik - 2020

How did the rise of multinational enterprises (MNEs) put pressure on the prevailing international corporate tax framework? MNEs, and firms with market power, are not new phenomena, nor is the corporate income tax, which dates to the early 20th century. This prompts the question, what is...

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How does profit shifting affect the balance of payments?

Hebous, Shafik; Klemm, Alexander; Wu, Yuou - 2021

Profit shifting by multinational enterprises-through manipulation of transfer prices of related-party trade, intragroup lending, or the location of intangibles-affects international flows, raising the question of its impact on the current account and external balances. This paper approaches this...

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Multiple dimensions of Human Development Index and public social spending for sustainable development

Paliova, Iana; McNown, Robert F.; Nülle, Grant - 2019

Multidimensional assessment of human development is increasingly recognized as playing an important role in assessing well-being. The focus of analysis is on the indicators measuring the three dimensions of Human Development Index (HDI) - standard of living, education and health, and their...

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The short-term impact of COVID-19 on labor markets, poverty and inequality in Brazil

Al Masri, Diala; Flamini, Valentina; Toscani, Frederik - 2021

We document the short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Brazilian labor market focusing on employment, wages and hours worked using the nationally representative household surveys PNAD-Continua and PNAD COVID. Sectors most susceptible to the shock because they are more...

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A Primeron Tax Evasion

Tanzi, Vito - 1993

Tax evasion is universal. It depends on the economic and tax structures, types of income, and social attitudes. The theory of tax evasion has limitations since it depends solely on the attitude toward risk with full information regarding the tax administration’s behavior. Methodologies for...

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