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In this section, you can find current news related to the Economic Agreement of the Basque Autonomous Community and the financial and tax activities of the provincial councils, aiming to broaden knowledge and public opinion regarding the Economic Agreement, the Provincial Treasuries, and, more generally, public finances in the Basque Autonomous Community.

  • 2017/06/18

Stimulus effects of investment tax incentives: production versus purchases

The distinction between production and purchases of investment goods is essential for quantifying the response to changes in investment...

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  • 2017/06/01

Changing tax capacity and tax effort of Indian states in the era of high economic growth, 2001-2014

Growing demand for public expenditures, limitations in expanding fiscal space and limited scope to deviate from common harmonized tax...

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  • 2017/05/31

Charging drivers by the pound: the effects of the UK Vehicle Tax System

Policymakers have been considering vehicle and fuel taxes to reduce transportation greenhouse gas emissions, but there is little evidence...

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  • 2017/04/27

Trends and gradients in top tax elasticities: Cross-country evidence, 1900–2014

We compile data spanning the period 1900–2014 and up to 30 countries to study long-run patterns in the tax...

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  • 2017/04/26

Optimal taxation and public provision for poverty reduction

The existing literature on optimal taxation typically assumes there exists a capacity to implement complex tax schemes, which is...

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  • 2017/04/22

Reassessing tax effort in developing countries:
a proposal of a vulnerability-adjusted tax effort index (VATEI)

This paper describes the estimation of a new tax e ort index for 120 developing countries over 1990-2012. Two...

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  • 2017/04/21

The effect of corporate taxes on investment: evidence from the colombian firms

The paper assesses the role of taxes on investment in Colombian firms. The analysis is carried out at the...

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  • 2017/03/20

Institutional quality, economic development and the performance of VAT

In this paper we test, empirically, to which extend the Value- Added Tax (VAT) is a relevant-policy option for...

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  • 2017/03/19

Local fiscal policy, land use regulation, and land use: A survey of the evidence

This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical research on the relationship between local taxation, land use regulation and land...

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  • 2017/03/15

Elkarrizketa Joseba Agirreazkuenagari Kontzertu Ekonomikoaren inguruan

Euskadi Irratiak Joseba Agirreazkuenaga, UPV/EHUko Gaur Egungo Historiako katedraduna eta Ekonomi Itunaren eta Foru Ogasunen Dokumentazio Agiritegiaren zuzendaria, elkarrizketatu...

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