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implicit price for sugar is negative, consumers value health over its taste. Our results are the marginal implicit price for … sugar is negative for breakfast cereals and crisp bread—consumers value health over the taste of sugar. For salt, we find … show the optimal policy to help individuals with self-control problems to behave rationally is a combination of subsidies …
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Public sector revenue has declined markedly in the Philippines over the past seven years. Most observers of the Philippine economy agree that rebuilding public sector revenue will be critical to reducing deficits and ensuring public sector debt sustainability. This paper reviews several of the...
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Despite recording double digit growth since 2000, Armenia's tax-to-GDP ratio has been fairly stable at about 14½ percent. This paper catalogues a range of factors that may account for Armenia's stubbornly for tax collection by benchmarking Armenia's tax-to-GDP against some comparator...
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-year rolling programme. Expenditure needs to be controlled better, in particular as regards subsidies, which the central government …. Corporate income tax rates are being cut, though the headline rate remains high. Lower taxation for large special economic zones …
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Telecommunications are subject to exceptional fiscal treatment in respect of both taxes and subsidies. Services are … subject to special taxes in many jurisdictions; and special subsidies are paid to finance investments, especially in new fibre …. However, special taxes may discourage diffusion and restrict growth. In relation to subsidies, the justification can run from …
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policies and strategies with the potential to modify risky health behaviors, such as taxes or subsidies, cash incentives …
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