Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a political‐economy model to show how political imperatives lead to reforms in administering direct tax collection. Design/methodology/approach – A static, political‐gain approach was used to model employment in the tax collection sector...

I estimate the relationship between taxes and economic growth using data from 1970-1999 and the forty-eight continental U.S. states. I find that taxes used to fund general expenditures are associated with significant, negative effects on economic growth. Further, this finding is robust across...

The main purpose of this work is to develop a case study assessing the recent patterns and impacts of ODA (official development assistance) and DAH (development assistance for health) to Liberia on overall government spending and domestic revenue generation as well as domestic government health...

The purpose of this study is to identify in the specific literature the influence of fiscal policy in the context of economic growth and development. There are also presented, in a brief summary, the main macroeconomic approaches of the concept of tax policy. However, there are other models that...

Rosenstein-Rodan proposed that if expansionary and developmental policies have to be pursued, the small changes in fiscal and monetary policy make minor changes in economic growth. So, if a meaningful economic development is the objective carrying out Big Push is necessary for the policy makers....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a political-economy model to show how political imperatives lead to reforms in administering direct tax collection. Design/methodology/approach – A static, political-gain approach was used to model employment in the tax collection sector and...

This paper analyses economic implications and the transmission mechanisms of different options for creating and using fiscal space. For creating fiscal space, we consider prioritizing expenditures, raising revenue, and scaled-up aid. Fiscal space is used for increasing health and education...