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Solomon Islands : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund - 2004

This Selected Issues paper examines prospects for increasing growth and reducing poverty in the Solomon Islands. The paper highlights that agriculture constitutes the largest sector of the Solomon Islands economy, averaging about 20 percent of GDP throughout the 1990s. The Solomon Islands also...

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Öffentliche Finanzen und subjektive Lebenszufriedenheit : Was leistet die ökonomische Zufriedenheitsforschung für die Steuer- und Sozialpolitik?

Vatter, Johannes - 2017 - 1. Auflage

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Solomon Islands : Tax Summary and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This paper presents the Tax Summary for the Solomon Islands. The paper discusses that normal business expenses are deductible against chargeable income. A $7,800 personal exemption applies to both resident and nonresident individuals. This general exemption is subject to apportionment on a...

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Papua New Guinea : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund - 2006

This Selected Issues paper on Papua New Guinea reports that although economic cycles have generally paralleled the many mineral sector booms and busts, the downward trend in growth rates may reflect other factors. Papua New Guinea’s economy is dominated by a large labor-intensive agricultural...

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The Price Incentive to Smuggle and the Cocoa Supply in Ghana, 1950-1996

Bulir, Ales - 1998

From the early 1960s to the early 1980s, the officially recorded production of cocoa in Ghana declined by 60 percent. During the 1983–95 Economic Recovery Program, however, cocoa production doubled. Although these developments have inspired much empirical research, most of the studies have...

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Gender Bias in Tax Systems

Stotsky, Janet Gale - 1996

This paper examines the nature of gender bias in tax systems. Gender bias takes both explicit and implicit forms. Explicit gender bias is found in many personal income tax systems. Several countries, especially those in Western Europe, have undertaken to eliminate explicit gender bias in recent...

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Bank Debit Taxes in Latin America : An Analysis of Recent Trends

Coelho, Isaias - 2001

convenient tax handle during a difficult fiscal period. The paper reviews the arguments for and against this type of taxation …

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Solomon Islands : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2011

This paper analyzes Solomon Islands’ ongoing reforms concerning of the mineral taxation regime and the fiscal impact of … the medium term. Enforcing the tax agreement with, a Gold Ridge company, and implementing the new resource taxation regime …

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The Taxation and Regulation of Banks

Keen, Michael - 2011

The financial crisis has prompted a reconsideration of the taxation of financial institutions, with practice …, appropriate rate, and revenue yield of corrective taxation of financial institutions addressed to two externalities, consequent on … taxation or a regulatory capital requirement is the better way to address these concerns. The results suggest a potential role …

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A Pecking Order Theory of Capital Inflows and International Tax Principles

Yuen, Chi-Wa - 1996

Even though financial markets today show a high degree of integration, the world capital market is still far from the textbook story of high capital mobility. The purpose of this paper is to highlight key sources of market failure in the context of international capital flows and to provide...

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