Peasants Versus City-Dwellers : Taxation and the Burden of Economic Development.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sah, Raaj K.
Otros Autores: Stiglitz, Joseph E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, USA, 1992.
Temas:
Rural development > Developing countries.
Rural poor > Taxation > Developing countries.
Income distribution > Developing countries.
Taxation > Developing countries.
Economic history
Economic policy
Income distribution
Rural development
Rural poor > Taxation
Taxation
Developing countries > Economic policy.
Developing countries > Economic conditions.
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO ISSUES AND METHODOLOGY""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1 Normative versus Positive Analysis""; ""1.2 Analysis under Limited Data Availability""; ""1.3 Policy and Political Economy""; ""1.4 General-Equilibrium Analysis""; ""1.5 The Structure of the Book""; ""1.6 The Nature of the Results""; ""1.7 Some Remarks on the Role of Theory""; ""2. THE OBJECTIVES AND INSTRUMENTS OF GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY IN LDCs""; ""2.1 Stated Objectives of Food-Related Policies""; ""2.2 Putting Agricultural Policies in Perspective""
  • ""2.3 The Economic Structure of LDCs""""2.4 Concluding Remarks""; ""3. AN APPROACH TO APPLIED WELFARE ECONOMICS""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Theoretical Background""; ""3.3 Applied Welfare Economics for LDCs""; ""PART II: INTER-SECTORAL TAXATION POLICIES""; ""4. RURAL-URBAN PRICES IN OPEN ECONOMIES""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 A Simple Model""; ""4.3 Analysis of Changes in Agricultural and Industrial Prices""; ""4.4 Price-Productivity Effects""; ""Appendix""; ""5. THE PRICE SCISSORS IN OPEN ECONOMIES""; ""5.1 Introduction""
  • ""5.2 Effects on the Investible Surplus of Changes in the Price Scissors""""5.3 Welfare Effects of Changing the Price Scissors""; ""5.4 Optimal Price Scissors""; ""5.5 Concluding Remarks""; ""6. THE PRICE SCISSORS IN CLOSED AND PARTIALLY CLOSED SOCIALIST ECONOMIES""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 The Model""; ""6.3 Reform in the Price Scissors""; ""6.4 Optimal Price Scissors""; ""6.5 Economies with Traded and Non-Traded Goods""; ""6.6 Concluding Remarks""; ""Appendix""; ""7. THE SOVIET INDUSTRIALIZATION DEBATE AND COLLECTIVIZATION""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Preobrazhensky's Propositions""
  • ""7.3 The Correct Size of the Price Scissors""""7.4 Collectivization""; ""7.5 A Postscript on the Soviet Debate""; ""PART III: THE RURAL SECTOR""; ""8. INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND ALTERNATIVE ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS WITHIN THE RURAL SECTOR""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 Distributional Effects""; ""8.3 Alternative Forms of Rural Organization""; ""8.4 Effects of Wages and Prices on Rural Productivity""; ""8.5 Concluding Remarks""; ""9. TAXES AND SUBSIDIES ON DIFFERENT GOODS IN THE RURAL SECTOR""; ""9.1 Introduction""; ""9.2 A General Formulation""
  • ""9.3 Informationally Parsimonious Pareto-Improving Price Reforms for Cash-Crops and Manufactured Inputs""""9.4 Should Some Cash-Crops or Manufactured Inputs be Taxed and Others Subsidized?""; ""9.5 Some Caveats""; ""Appendix""; ""PART IV: THE URBAN SECTOR""; ""10. THE IMPACT OF URBAN WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT DETERMINATION ON TAXATION POLICIES""; ""10.1 Introduction""; ""10.2 A General Formulation of Urban Wage-Determination""; ""10.3 Urban-Rural Prices with an Endogenous Urban Wage""; ""10.4 Price Scissors with Endogenous Wages""

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