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Russia's Transition to a New Federalism
The WBI Learning Resources discuss issues in economic development policy and lessons from experience in a way that can be understood by non-specialists.; This is the first in a series that will look at governance and decentralization and looks at the implications of federalism on the growth of Russia's economy. In particular it looks at the impact of fiscal decentralization, as the way inter-governmental finances are resolved influences the transition and macroeconomic stability. It sets out the political history leading up to the Putin-led government, and it links Russia's choices with the broader issues facing any country undergoing inter-governmental reform.
Taxing the Hard-to-tax
In the developed and developing world, taxing certain kinds of activities, sectors or individuals - the so-called "hard-to-tax" - is a challenge for governments. This volume's goal is to take a hard, objective look at the different aspects of taxing the hard-to-tax, as well as at a variety of approaches that have been employed around the world.
Coercion and Social Welfare in Public Finance
This book explores the role that coercion plays in the establishment and evolution of the public economy.
Fiscal Equalization
In this book, experts from across the globe highlight the state of knowledge in intergovernmental transfer design. The essays collected in the volume represent creative new thinking about challenging policy issues and offer useful options for policy makers. The book offers academics and practitioners a thorough, thematic assessment of unresolved issues in the design of equalization grants.
The Guatemalan Tax Reform
In each case, they describe the existing tax system and evaluate it against the traditional norms; in addition, they analyze alternative structural reforms within the Guatemalan context.
Fighting Corruption in the Public Sector
Publisher Description
The Elgar Guide to Tax Systems
"Tax systems have changed considerably in the past three decades. These fundamental changes have been the result of economic globalization, new political stances, and also of developments in public finance thought. The chapters in this volume offer a critical review of those changes from the perspectives of tax theory, policy and tax administration practice, and the political economy of taxation. The authors also consider what sort of reforms are worth undertaking in tax policy design, tax administration and enforcement, and the assignment of sub-national taxes. The authors in this volume are among the top scholars in the study of public finance. The development of tax systems in OECD countr...
Developing Alternative Frameworks for Explaining Tax Compliance
Over the last several decades, there has been a growing interest in theoretical, empirical, and experimental work on all aspects of tax compliance and tax evasion. The essays in this volume summarize the existing state of knowledge of tax compliance and tax evasion, present new thinking about this issue, and analyze the empirical relevance of these new perspectives. The original essays in this volume represent an attempt to provide a framework on compliance that moves beyond the economics-of-crime perspective, one that provides a more complete understanding of individual (and group) decisions, and one that is more consistent with empirical evidence. It is the insights of behavioural economics that provide much of the bases for these essays and the main theme running through this book is that the basic model of individual choice must be expanded, by introducing some aspects of behaviour or motivation considered explicitly by other social sciences.
Fiscal Reform in Spain
Provides an analysis of the fiscal reform process experienced in Spain. This work focuses on the political economy of tax reform in Spain, and the fact that political and economic bodies were able to form alliances at key junctures during the process in order to push reforms forward.
