Tax Composition and Growth.

We investigate the relation between changes in tax composition and long-run economic growth using a new dataset covering a broad cross-section of countries with different income levels. We specifically consider 69 countries with at least 20 years of observations on total tax revenue during the perio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Acosta Ormaechea, Santiago
Otros Autores: Yoo, Jiae
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Colección:IMF Working Papers.
Temas:
Taxation.
Finance, Public.
Taxes
Impôt.
Finances publiques.
Finance, Public
Taxation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:We investigate the relation between changes in tax composition and long-run economic growth using a new dataset covering a broad cross-section of countries with different income levels. We specifically consider 69 countries with at least 20 years of observations on total tax revenue during the period 1970-2009?21 high-income, 23 middle-income and 25 low-income countries. To our knowledge this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dataset on tax composition and growth. We find that increasing income taxes while reducing consumption and property taxes is associated with slower growth over the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (37 pages)
ISBN:9781616359171
161635917X

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