Reliance, composition, and inflation [PDF]
In this article Joydeep Bhattacharya and Joseph Haslag explore the effect of fiscal policy actions on long-run prices and the inflation rate. They study a model economy in which the central bank is not independent.
Joseph H. Haslag, Joydeep Bhattacharya
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The Chained CPI: A Painful Cut in Social Security Benefits and a Stealth Tax Hike [PDF]
, 2012 In the debate over federal budget deficits, several politicians have proposed to change the formulas that determine benefit levels for Social Security and other government programs as well as income tax brackets.
Alan Barber, Nicole Woo
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Tax Revenue Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Consequences and Remedies [PDF]
This paper focuses on the sources and consequences of the instability of tax revenue in Sub-Saharan African countries. We take advantage of a unique and extraordinarily rich dataset on the composition of tax revenues for a large number of countries ...
Christian Ebeke, Hélène Ehrhart
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Illicit cigarette consumption and government revenue loss in Indonesia. [PDF]
Global Health, 2014 Ahsan A +4 more
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Analyzing Crop Revenue Safety Net Program Alternatives and Impacts on Producers and Program Costs [PDF]
This study evaluates the policy effects of alternative program designs for federal revenue-based farm income safety net programs. Eight representative farms across Nebraska are used to stochastically simulate the financial impact of changing the current ...
Jansen, Jim A. +2 more
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Ripe for a big bang ? assessing the political feasibility of legislative reforms in the Philippines'local government code [PDF]
In the Philippines'highly decentralized political system, smooth functioning of inter-governmental relations is key to effective service delivery and good governance overall.
Matsuda, Yasuhiko
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IRA Design Issues and Challenges [PDF]
The internal revenue allotment or IRA is one type of central government transfers to local government units (LGUs) meant to help in correcting for the imbalance in the revenue-raising capacities and expenditure needs of various LGUs.
Manasan, Rosario G.
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The use of SVAR analysis in determining the effects of ?scal shocks in Croatia [PDF]
In this paper we use multivariate Blanchard-Perotti SVAR methodology to analyze disaggregated short-term effects of fiscal policy on economic activity, inflation and short-term interest rates.
Ivan Zilic, Rafael Ravnik
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Privatization and government preference [PDF]
This paper uses a mixed oligopoly model to examine the relationship between the privatization of a public firm and government preferences for tax revenue. From a public choice viewpoint, we assume the government prefers tax revenue to the sum of consumer
Hideya Kato
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Bootstrap Panel Granger-Causality Between Government Spending and Revenue [PDF]
Using bootstrap panel analysis, allowing for cross-country correlation, without the need of pre-testing for unit roots, we study the causality between government revenue and spending for the EU in the period 1960-2006.
António Afonso, Cristophe Rault
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