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The purpose of this paper is to examine the various structural determinants of revenue and tax effort in Tunisia. We used on the empirical study an ARDL model to estimate the dynamic equation of fiscal potential and its structural and non-structural determinants covering the period of 1996-2017...
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In many countries the decentralization of spending responsibilities has outpaced the decentralization of revenue powers. Sub-national governments have then to rely on transfers from the center and borrowing to finance their spending. When this occurs, we find that the overall fiscal deficit...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in public debt in most countries. This will increase fiscal pressure in the future. We study how the shape of the optimal nonlinear income tax schedule is affected by this increase. We calibrate the workhorse optimal income tax model to five European...
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In the global context of constantly evolving economies, the efficiency of a country's fiscal system becomes a central pillar in ensuring its stability and prosperity. The Republic of Moldova faces challenges related to the structure, collection and distribution of fiscal resources. Evaluating...
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Population ageing increases fiscal pressure by increasing the aged to working-age ratio, which simultaneously reduces the growth in government revenue and increases government social outlays. This study evaluates proposed tax and economic growth policies to meet the population ageing induced...
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VAT represents an indirect tax due to the state budget that includes all phases of the economic circuit, namely manufacturing, services and distribution, up to sales to final consumers. VAT collection is done fractionally, according to the value added at each stage of the economic circuit....
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This paper analyzes the linkages between governance quality and country stress events. It focuses on two types of events: fiscal and political stress events, for which two innovative stress indicators are introduced. The results suggest that weaker governance quality is associated with a higher...
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The role of fiscal motives in the development of accounting standardisation in France is less decisive than stated. The fiscal argument is absent from balance sheet regulation proposals before the First World War. It has minor importance in the main propositions of law between the wars. Even...
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In the current economic context, taxation impacts all aspects of the business environment. Using the business confidence index as an estimation of the expected evolution of the manufacturing sector and fiscal pressure as the result of taxation of companies, this study analyses the relationship...
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The paper discusses the fiscal impact of the Great Recession of 2007-08 on state and local governments in the United States. It documents the sharp decline in tax revenue and discusses how states responded to close the budget gaps in order to obey the balanced budget provisions. It highligts the...
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