Search Results - subject:"Rate structure"

Keen, Michael; Klemm, Alexander; Ivanova, Anna - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

Russia dramatically reduced its higher rates of personal income tax (PIT) in 2001 establishing a single marginal rate at the low level of 13 percent. In the following year, real revenue from the PIT actually increased by about 26 percent. This 'flat tax' experience has attracted much attention...

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U.S. Tax Reform; An Overview of the Current Debate and Policy Options

Dalsgaard, Thomas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

In the context of the current tax policy debate in the United States, this paper reviews and discusses some of the main recurrent themes, as well as some of the most important tax reform proposals put forward over the past two decades. It finds that although there seems to be widespread...

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Factors Driving Water Utility Rate Structure Choice: Evidence from Four Southern U.S. States

Boyer, Christopher; Adams, Damian; Borisova, Tatiana; … - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 10, pp. 2747-2760

), uniform rate (UR), or decreasing block rate (DBR). Historically, DBR has been the most widely used residential rate structure … motivations for rate structure decisions, but provides little empirical evidence to support these suggestions and largely ignores … the role of water managers’ attitudes and perceptions in the rate structure decision. The objective of this study is to …

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Republic of Armenia; 2004 Article IV Consultation, Sixth Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteriaâ€”Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

This paper examines Armeniaâ€™s 2004 Article IV Consultation, Sixth Review Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria. Armeniaâ€™s strong economic performance has been continuing in 2004. In Januaryâ€“September, the...

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Sweden; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

The Selected Issues paper analyzes tax policy trends at the local level in Sweden and assesses the effectiveness of the vertical fiscal policy coordination system. The study reviews Swedenâ€™s local public finances from an international perspective and empirically explores various...

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Republic of Tajikistan; 2002 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facilityâ€”Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Tajikistan

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

This paper evaluates Tajikistanâ€™s 2002 Article IV Consultation and a Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Tajikistanâ€™s previous IMF-supported program went off track in mid-2001 largely because of poor progress with structural...

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Monetary Transmission in the New Economy: Service Life of Capital, Transmission Channels and the Speed of Adjustment

von Kalckreuth, Ulf; Schröder, Jürgen - 2002

This paper evaluates the consequences of accelerated technical progress for monetary transmission and the speed of adjustment in the real economy. With a decreasing service life, the long term rate relevant to real demand will resemble more closely the money market rate. We make the investment...

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Monetary Transmission in the New Economy: Service Life of Capital, Transmission Channels and the Speed of Adjustment

von Kalckreuth, Ulf; Schröder, Jürgen - Deutsche Bundesbank - 2002

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Monetary transmission in the new economy : service life of capital, transmission channels and the speed of adjustment

Kalckreuth, Ulf von; Schröder, Jürgen - 2002

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Tax Policy for Emerging Markets; Developing Countries

Zee, Howell H.; Tanzi, Vito - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper discusses important tax policy issues facing developing countries today. It views tax policy from both the macroeconomic perspective, which focuses on broad questions such as the level and composition of tax revenue, and the microeconomic perspective, which focuses on certain design...

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