High Inequality, Low Revenue: Redistributive Efficiency on Latin American Fiscal Policy in Comparative Perspective

There are three principal redistributive fiscal instruments available to governments in modern mixed economies: a) progressive taxes on income or assets, b) monetary transfers (social security and social assistance), and c) non- monetary transfers, or the subsidized provision of goods and services.

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Year of publication:	2002-05
Authors:	Scott, John
Institutions:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subject:	Fiscal Policy \| Population Statistics & Information Systems \| Citizen Security & Crime Prevention \| Poverty \| Social Development \| Fiscal Policy and Social Spenditure Política Fiscal y Gasto Social \| High Inequality \| Low Revenue: Redistributive Efficiency on Latin American Fiscal Policy in Comparative Perspective

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IDB Publications (Working Papers).
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Diálogo Regional de Política: Red de protección social y salud Series: Regional Policy Dialogue: Social Protection & Health Network Number 8907
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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