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Tax Buoyancy in OECD Countries

Author/Editor: Vincent Belinga, Dora Benedek, Ruud A. de Mooij, John Norregaard.

Release Date:June, 2014

By how much will faster economic growth boost government revenue? This paper estimates short- and long-run tax buoyancy in OECD countries between 1965 and 2012. We find that, for aggregate tax more...



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Taxing Immovable Property Revenue Potential and Implementation Challenges

Author/Editor: John Norregaard.

Release Date:May, 2013

The tax on immovable property has been characterized as probably the most unpopular among tax instruments, in part because it is salient and hard to avoid. But economists continue to emphasize the more...



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Environmental Tax Reform: Principles from Theory and Practice to Date

Author/Editor: Dirk Heine, John Norregaard, Ian W.H. Parry.

Release Date:July, 2012

This paper recommends a system of upstream taxes on fossil fuels, combined with refunds for downstream emissions capture, to reduce carbon and local pollution emissions. Motor fuel taxes should also more...



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Tax Policy : Recent Trends and Coming Challenges

Author/Editor: Tehmina S Khan, John Norregaard.

Release Date:December, 2007

This paper provides an overview of the key economic factors that shape tax policy reform in many high-income countries, developing countries, and/or transition economies. The paper describes and more...



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Controlling Pollution : Using Taxes and Tradable Permits

Author/Editor: John Norregaard, Valerie Reppelin.

Release Date:March, 2001

Explores different ways of controlling pollution through -green-taxes or permits, and evaluates their advantages and disadvantages. While many countries use environmental taxes, interest in tradable more...



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Taxes and Tradable Permits As Instruments for Controlling Pollution : Theory and Practice

Author/Editor: John Norregaard, Valerie Reppelin.

Release Date:January, 2000

This paper examines the relative merits of two dominant economic instruments for reducing pollution—”green” taxes and tradable permits. Theoretically, the two more...



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Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations : The Chinese System in Perspective

Author/Editor: Vivek B Arora, John Norregaard.

Release Date:October, 1997

This paper provides an overview of recent Chinese reforms to introduce a modern system of fiscal federalism that balances the need for central macroeconomic control with the economic advantages of more...



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The Tax Treatment of Government Bonds

Author/Editor: John Norregaard.

Release Date:March, 1997

In their effort to finance fiscal deficits at a reasonable cost, governments compete with other users of financial capital. Governments, however, are in the unique position that they are the only more...



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