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Does the political resource curse affect public finance? The vulnerability of tax revenue in resource-rich countries

von Haldenwang, Christian; Ivanyna, Maksym - 2017

of shocks. Based on data from the International Centre for Taxation and Development Government Revenue Dataset for 1980 …

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Tax-benefit microsimulation and income redistribution in Ecuador

Jara, H. Xavier; Varela, Marcelo - 2017

The aim of this paper is to explore the redistributive effects of taxes and benefits in Ecuador using two different … approaches: direct use of reported taxes and benefits in household survey data, and use of simulated taxes and benefits obtained … from ECUAMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador. Our results show that simulated taxes and social insurance …

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Tax-benefit microsimulation in Ecuador: A feasibility study

Jara, H. Xavier - 2015

The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility to implement a tax and benefit microsimulation model for Ecuador using EUROMOD as an interface. We first present a detailed description of the main components of the tax and benefit system in Ecuador for year 2014. We then describe available...

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The role of tax-benefit systems in protecting household incomes in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rodriguez, David; Jara, H. Xavier; Dondo, Mariana; … - 2022

effects both of expanded social assistance programmes and of automatic stabilizers (i.e. pre-pandemic taxes and benefits). We …

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Tax-benefit responses in Uruguay during the COVID-19 pandemic

Amarante, Verónica; Scalese, Federico - 2022

We analyse the social protection policy response to COVID-19 and its impact on household incomes in Uruguay during 2020 and 2021, based on static microsimulation methods. From the onset of the crisis, the Uruguayan government implemented adjustments to existing social protection policies as well...

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Income redistribution in Latin America: A microsimulation approach

Arancibia Romero, Cristina; Dondo, Mariana; Jara, H. Xavier - 2019

We analyse the effect of taxes and benefits on income distribution of six Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia … importance of tax-benefit instruments across countries and on the effect of taxes and benefits on poverty and inequality. The …

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Tax financing options for new social protection instruments: The equity implications of taxing more to expand the South African social security system

Goldman, Maya; Hlela, Ntuthuko - 2024

model. Our analysis indicates that an expansion of the social security system financed through increased taxation could … substantially reduce poverty and inequality to varying degrees depending on the taxes and transfers used. …

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Capital flight and development: An overview of concepts, methods, and data sources

Johannesen, Niels; Pirttilä, Jukka - 2016

This paper offers a critical review of the methods used to estimate the extent of capital flight and illicit financial flows from developing countries. The largest estimates in the literature are based on imperfect methods with a great margin for error. Emerging new studies have built on...

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On the spread of social protection systems

Egger, Peter; Radulescu, Doina Maria; Strecker, Nora - 2016

This paper undertakes an empirical analysis of the adoption of various components of social security systems as well as contribution rates. Apart from economic determinants of the adoption, the empirical analysis features determinants relating to countries' political systems and contagion. We...

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Taxation, infrastructure, and firm performance in developing countries

Chauvet, Lisa; Ferry, Marin - 2016

This paper investigates the relationship between taxation and firm performance in developing countries. Taking firm … to be sample dependent. We also provide evidence that the positive effect of taxation on firm growth falls significantly …

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