SALTI, NISREEN; CHAABAN, JAD - In: Middle East Development Journal (MEDJ) 02 (2010) 01, pp. 121-138
This paper examines the impact of a rise in the Value Added Tax (VAT) on poverty and inequality in Lebanon. The paper develops an empirical model based on consumer demand theory and uses only household survey data on expenditures and spatial price indexes. The simulation results, using own and...