We introduce bureaucratic corruption in a simple way and examine its effect on government revenue when policies change. We show that a rise in the tax rate can lead to a fall in net revenue--a Laffer curve result due to the proportion of auditors that are corrupt and enforcement costs. It may...

In a corrupt tax administration a rise in tax rate sets off complicated strategic moves by both taxpayers and administrators. It is shown that in some circumstances, this may bring about Laffer like behavior of overall tax revenue, i.e. a higher tax rate results in smaller net revenue for the...

Book Review of Amiya K. Bagchi, The Evolution of the State Bank of India: The Roots, 1806-1876, volumes I and II, Oxford University Press, Bombay, 1987. Part I: pp. xxii+535, Part II: pp. xiii+515, Rs. 300 both volumes

The paper uses firm level panel data for Indian industries in the post-reform period to study the direct and indirect productivity effects generated by foreign investment. It finds no evidence that foreign investment directly increased firm-level productivity, nor that R&D spending was more...

Literature presumes that exporters from small countries and particularly of primary products do not practice pricing-to-market (PTM) because of lack of market power. Out paper examines New Zealand’s pastoral exports over 1988-2002 and finds strong evidence of PTM. Evidence rejects the...