Author/Editor: Efraim Sadka.

Release Date:March, 2006

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) involve the supply by the private sector of infrastructure and services deriving from infrastructure assets which have traditionally been supplied by the public more...

Author/Editor: Assaf Razin, Ashoka Mody, Efraim Sadka.

Release Date:July, 2003

We develop a simple information-based model of FDI flows. On the one hand, the abundance of intangible capital in specialized industries in the source countries, which presumably generates more...

Author/Editor: Phillip Swagel, Efraim Sadka, Assaf Razin.

Release Date:April, 2002

Data for the United States and countries in Western Europe indicate a negative correlation between the dependency ratio and both labor tax rates and the generosity of social transfers, after more...

Author/Editor: Efraim Sadka, Assaf Razin.

Release Date:June, 1997

The extent of taxation and redistribution policy is generally determined at a political-economy equilibrium by a balance between those who gain and those who lose from a more extensive tax-transfer more...

Author/Editor: Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka.

Release Date:April, 1996

The paper provides an overview of the role of the fiscal imbalances and the ensuing public debt in explaining major episodes in Israel’s recent economic developments. The main conclusions more...

Author/Editor: Efraim Sadka, Vito Tanzi.

Release Date:February, 1992

A tax on gross assets has been introduced in some developing countries where several factors (most notably, high inflation) enabled apparently viable enterprises to report losses for income tax more...