Value added tax (VAT) is a consumption tax that is applied in many countries today. It was introduced in mainland China during the 1994 tax reform. The Chinese VAT system imitates the European VAT system. This article discusses the Chinese VAT system and its problems with evasion. China's recent...

Malaysia had two attempts since 2005 to introduce a consumption tax, and on the third and finally successful attempt, its Goods and Services Tax Act 2014 took effect from April 2015. Similarly, Australia's path to a broad‑based consumption tax was hard fought, with three attempts to 1981 by...

Die Arbeit untersucht die Auswirkungen einer Einführung und Anwendung von Konsumsteuern in offenen Volkswirtschaften. Berücksichtigt werden neben der indirekten Umsatzsteuer verschiedene direkte Konsumsteuern. Anhand eines Zwei-Länder-Falles wird analysiert, welche einzelwirtschaftlichen...

This paper estimates the effect of worldwide tax changes on output following the narrative approach developed for the United States by Romer and Romer (2010). The analysis uses a novel dataset on value-added taxes for 51 countries (21 industrial and 30 developing) for the period 1970-2014 to...

In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...

In this paper, the amount of income redistribution in the United States, the European Union, and Switzerland is compared and empirically related to economic, political, and behavioral determinants elaborated in the literature. Lying in between the two poles, Switzerland provides unique evidence...