The purpose of this paper is to analyse the structure of protection and incentives in Zaire, first at the beginning of the 1970s and then at the present moment, following the 1983/84 reforms. The study concludes that Zaire's trade and incentive policies counteracted each other and collectively...

Using Kenyan cross-section data on firms for 1974 and 1975, estimates are made of current and lagged shifting for both the company income and sales taxes. One of the findings is that the income tax is overfully shifted. Because this outcome regularly occurs in the empirical literature of tax...

Results highlight the primary role played in trade deficit creation by government tariff and exchange rate policies; also of interest is the measured responsiveness of the private economy to price incentive offered both by changing international conditions and government policy. (DSE)

Policy reforms to accelerate growth and improve production efficiency have been undertaken in Egypt since 1973. This paper evaluates the impact of these reforms on Egypt's public sector firms in terms of their productivity performances. (DSE)

Der Artikel entwickelt ein rechenbares linear-dynamisches Planungsmodell für ein ölexportierendes Land, dessen Entwicklungsstrategie darauf zielt, die Einkünfte aus dem Erdölgeschäft für den Aufbau eines Exportsektors zu nutzen, der das Öl ersetzen kann. Algerien dient als Beispiel für...

To study the impact of devaluation, the author focusses on three main factors: the structure of the trade sector in terms of the response of trade flows to changes in relative prices; the relative intensity of domestic value added with respect to imported in production across export and import...

Given the reduced availability of foreign capital in Mexico, the relevant question is whether the country will be able to generate enough internal savings to compensate and thus produce the necessary flow of investment to sustain an adequate rate of growth. The authors also examine the burden of...