State Taxation and Economic Development
Title | State Taxation and Economic Development PDF eBook |
Author | Roger J. Vaughan |
Publisher | Council of State Policy & Planning Agencies |
Pages | 1314 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
State Taxation Policy
Title | State Taxation Policy PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Barker |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780822305354 |
This volume discusses the problems of state governments in coping with contemporary issues of redesigning taxation policies to encourage economic growth.
OECD Tax Policy Studies Tax Policy Reform and Economic Growth
Title | OECD Tax Policy Studies Tax Policy Reform and Economic Growth PDF eBook |
Author | OECD |
Publisher | OECD Publishing |
Pages | 157 |
Release | 2010-11-03 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9264091084 |
This report investigates how tax structures can best be designed to support GDP per capita growth.
State and Local Taxation and Economic Growth
Title | State and Local Taxation and Economic Growth PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
State Taxation
Title | State Taxation PDF eBook |
Author | Jerome R. Hellerstein |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Taxation |
ISBN | 9780791336496 |
Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries
Title | Taxation and State-Building in Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah Brautigam |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2008-01-10 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1139469258 |
There is a widespread concern that, in some parts of the world, governments are unable to exercise effective authority. When governments fail, more sinister forces thrive: warlords, arms smugglers, narcotics enterprises, kidnap gangs, terrorist networks, armed militias. Why do governments fail? This book explores an old idea that has returned to prominence: that authority, effectiveness, accountability and responsiveness is closely related to the ways in which governments are financed. It matters that governments tax their citizens rather than live from oil revenues and foreign aid, and it matters how they tax them. Taxation stimulates demands for representation, and an effective revenue authority is the central pillar of state capacity. Using case studies from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America, this book presents and evaluates these arguments, updates theories derived from European history in the light of conditions in contemporary poorer countries, and draws conclusions for policy-makers.
Growth and Variability in State Tax Revenue
Title | Growth and Variability in State Tax Revenue PDF eBook |
Author | Randall G. Holcombe |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 1997-10-28 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0313029997 |
During recessions state government fiscal crises are widespread, as states find their revenues inadequate to meet their expenditure demands. This volume shows that state fiscal crises have only one significant cause: revenue downturns associated with recessions. Other analysts have argued that fiscal crises are the result of an interaction of many complex causes, including inadequate tax bases, increasing expenditure demands, and limits placed on state governments by voters. This analysis examines these other factors and shows that while they present significant challenges to state policymakers, they are not the cause of fiscal crises. The book presents an improved methodology for measuring cyclical variability of revenues and uses this methodology to show that there is no way to restructure state tax systems in order to appreciably reduce the fiscal stress associated with recessions. Fiscal stress can be lessened by setting aside revenues during prosperous years in a rainy day fund, but current rainy day funds are not large enough to eliminate the fiscal stress caused by recessions.