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Perotti, Roberto - 2001

We study the effects of electoral institutions on the size and composition of public expenditure in OECD and Latin American countries. We present a model emphasizing the distinction between purchases of goods and services, which are easier to target geographically, and transfers, which are...

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Designing fiscal redistribution : the role of universal and targeted transfers

Coady, David; Le, Nghia-Piotr - 2020

income redistribution objectives. While the benefits of targeting are clear, id est, a larger poverty impact for a given … therefore depend on how countries decide to trade-off these costs and benefits as well as on the potential for redistribution … strengthening fiscal redistribution in advanced and developing countries, including through expanding transfer coverage and …

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Fiscal redistribution and social welfare

Coady, David P.; D'Angelo, Devin; Evans, Brooks - 2019

discussion of fiscal redistribution within the standard social welfare framework, which lends itself to a transparent and … practical evaluation of the extent and determinants of fiscal redistribution. Differences in fiscal redistribution are … determine the factors explaining differences in their fiscal redistribution and to discuss patterns in fiscal redistribution …

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Inequality and Optimal Redistributive Tax and Transfer Policies

Zee, Howell H. - 1999

This paper explores the revenue-raising aspect of progressive taxation and derives, on the basis of a simple model, the optimal degree of tax progressivity where the tax revenue is used exclusively to finance (perfectly) targeted transfers to the poor. The paper shows that not only would it be...

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Inequality, Transfers and Growth : New Evidence From the Economic Transition in Poland

Prasad, Eswar - 2000

recent literature suggesting that inequality-reducing redistribution can enhance growth …

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Income Inequality and Redistributive Government Spending

International Monetary Fund - 2003

The paper examines empirically the question of whether more unequal societies spend more on income redistribution than … argued that unequal societies may spend less on redistribution because of capital market imperfections. Based on different … redistribution …

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The Welfare Effects of Public Expenditure Programs Reconsidered

International Monetary Fund - 1989

The paper proposes a new welfare-based measure to evaluate the distributive effects of public programs. The proposed measure differs from traditional approaches in two important ways: first, it is based on life-cycle considerations, since most public expenditure programs have an intertemporal...

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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 from a well-informed rational choice of the citizens. By applying a citizen-candidate model of representative democracy, the paper analyzes how corruption distortsthe allocation of...

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Strengthening fiscal frameworks and improving the spending mix in small states

Cabezon, Ezequiel; Tumbarello, Patrizia; Wu, Yiqun - 2015

Reflecting diseconomies of scale in providing public goods and services, recurrent spending in small states typically represents a large share of GDP. For some small states, this limits the fiscal space available for growth-promoting capital spending. Small states generally face greater revenue...

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From containment to rationalization : increasing public expenditure efficiency in France

Hallaert, Jean-Jacques; Queyranne, Maximilien - 2016

Achieving France's medium-term fiscal targets will require significant expenditure efforts. This paper identifies areas where there is scope for increasing expenditure efficiency, with a view to achieving higher quality and more sustainable fiscal consolidation. The methodology is based on a...

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