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Sharper Axes, Lower Taxes - Big Steps to a Smaller State
Booth, Philip - 2011
The government's 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review was anything but comprehensive. The cuts to government spending were modest, and large swathes of state activity were barely touched. Britain will remain a heavily regulated, high-tax, high-spend economy. Instead of totally reviewing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120040
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The Impact of Tax and Expenditure Policies on Income Distribution : Evidence from a Large Panel of Countries
Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge - 2012
The main focus of this paper is on the potential role that taxation and public expenditure policies play in general in affecting income distribution. We find that progressive personal income taxes and corporate income taxes reduce income inequality. The effect of corporate income taxes seems to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096592
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Public service spending : efficiency and distributional i mpact ; lessons from Asia
Lavado, Rouselle F.; Domingo, Gabriel Angelo - 2015
Efficiency and equity are cornerstone concepts in rational service delivery in the public sector. This paper benchmarks efficiency and equity in public spending on health, education and social protection in a broad group of Asian Development Bank (ADB) member economies with varying levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011289943
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Public Service Spending : Efficiency and Distributional Impact — Lessons from Asia
Lavado, Rouselle - 2015
Efficiency and equity are cornerstone concepts in rational service delivery in the public sector. This paper benchmarks efficiency and equity in public spending on health, education and social protection in a broad group of Asian Development Bank (ADB) member economies with varying levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009676
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Long-Term Issues for Fiscal Sustainability in Emerging Asia
Kawai, Masahiro - 2013
The aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2007-08 underlined the importance of maintaining fiscal space and fiscal sustainability. Even though many Asian economies implemented fiscal stimulus policies during the crisis period, their fiscal conditions generally improved rapidly thereafter,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077581
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Long-term issues for fiscal sustainability in emerging Asia
Kawai, Masahiro; Morgan, Peter J. - 2013
The aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2007-08 underlined the importance of maintaining fiscal space and fiscal sustainability. Even though many Asian economies implemented fiscal stimulus policies during the crisis period, their fiscal conditions generally improved rapidly thereafter,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009782133
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Demographics, Taxes, and Social Spending in the E.U
Lawton, Philip - 2020
This paper presents a panel data analysis of general government spending on health, education, and the major components of social protection in light of demographic trends (aging and migration) and selected domestic revenue sources (personal and corporate income taxes) across 27 E.U. member...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012827473
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Government Effects on the Distribution of Income : An Overview
Papadimitriou, Dimitri B. - 2011
This paper is the overview chapter of an edited volume on quot;The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation.quot; The paper offers the author's perspective on the government's role as a redistributive agent. Taxation and public spending programs are analyzed using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012714646
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Are Current Tax and Spending Regimes Sustainable in Developing Asia?
Lee, Sang-Hyop; Mason, Andrew - 2014
developing Asia up to 2050 using the National Transfer Accounts data set, United Nations' population projections, and other long … decline in Asia and the Pacific as a decline in fertility and the share of the school-age population dominates the increase in … be more modest in other areas of Asia and the Pacific. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432706
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Are current tax and spending regimes sustainable in developing Asia?
Lee, Sang-hyop; Mason, Andrew - 2014
developing Asia up to 2050 using the National Transfer Accounts data set, United Nations' population projections, and other long … decline in Asia and the Pacific as a decline in fertility and the share of the school-age population dominates the increase in … be more modest in other areas of Asia and the Pacific. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463624