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Spending without taxation : FILP and the politics of public finance in Japan /

Governments confront difficult political choices when they must determine how to balance their spending. But what would happen if a government found a means of spending without taxation? In this book, Gene Park demonstrates how the Japanese government established and mobilized an enormous off-budget...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Park, Gene, 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Governments confront difficult political choices when they must determine how to balance their spending. But what would happen if a government found a means of spending without taxation? In this book, Gene Park demonstrates how the Japanese government established and mobilized an enormous off-budget spending system, the Fiscal Investment Loan Program (FILP), which drew on postal savings, public pensions, and other funds to pay for its priorities and reduce demands on the budget.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 321 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804777667
0804777667