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Public sector economics for developing countries
Howard, Michael - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002265293
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Governance, corruption, & economic performance
Abed, George T. (ed.); Gupta, Sanjeev (contributor) - 2002
The economics of corruption: an overview / George T. Abed and Sanjeev Gupta -- pt. 1. Causes and consequences of … corruption. Corruption around the world: causes, consequences, scope, and cures / Vito Tanzi -- Bureaucratic corruption and the … rate of temptation: do wages in the civil service affect corruption, and by how much? / Caroline Van Rijckeghem and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001715873
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Governance, corruption, & economic performance
Abed, George T. (contributor); Gupta, Sanjeev (contributor) - 2002
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 The Economics of Corruption: An Overview George T …. Abed and Sanjeev Gupta -- Part I Causes and Consequences of Corruption -- 2 Corruption Around the World: Causes …, Consequences, Scope, and Cures Vito Tanzi -- 3 Bureaucratic Corruption and the Rate of Temptation: Do Wages in the Civil Service …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691378
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Governance, corruption, & economic performance
Abed, George T. (contributor); Gupta, Sanjeev (contributor) - 2002
This volume presents 18 recent IMF research studies on the causes and consequences of corruption, as well as how it can … civil service wages affect corruption, the impact of natural resource availability on corruption, how corruption retards the … growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, the impact of corruption on a country’s income distribution and incidence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399038
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Taxation, infrastructure, and firm performance in developing countries
Chauvet, Lisa; Ferry, Marin - In: Public choice 187 (2021) 3/4, pp. 455-480
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012589531
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Demystifying a 'shining example' : German public finances under the debt break
Eicker-Wolf, Kai; Truger, Achim - 2014
German fiscal policy is nowadays often presented as a shining example due to successful budget consolidation after the Great Recession. However, the idea that the German success is the result of a well-thought-out economic strategy that could therefore serve as a role model for other countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348931
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Taxation, infrastructure, and firm performance in developing countries
Chauvet, Lisa; Ferry, Marin - International Centre for Tax and Development - 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 … when corruption is too pervasive, and when the origin of tax revenue origin reduces government accountability. Lastly, our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540215
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments : insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 October, 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010430680
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Government spending, corruption and economic growth
D'Agostino, Giorgio; Dunne, Paul; Pieroni, Luca - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 84 (2016), pp. 190-205
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603990
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The Challenge of Reforming Budgetary Institutions in Developing Countries
Allen, Richard - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
The paper notes that the development of sound budgetary institutions in countries such as France, the U.K. and the U.S. has taken a very long time?200 years or more?and is still evolving. It discusses Douglass North's prediction?which is supported by available data?that institutional reform is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999954