Chapter 1: Demystifying China’s Stock Market: The Hidden Logic behind the Puzzles -- Chapter 2: What Does History Tell Us? The Roots of China’s Modern Stock Market -- Chapter 3: A Government-Dominated Financial System -- Chapter 4: A Chinese style speculative market -- Chapter 5: The...

This paper reviews the literature and contributes with some evidence based on the World Values Survey on the drivers of tax morale around the world, with an emphasis on developing countries. It shows that socio-economic factors such as age, religion, gender, employment status and educational...

This paper looks at the incidence of fiscal policy on the income distribution for Chile and Mexico. Notably by broadening the income concept to account for in-kind benefits and taxes, this paper provides a full picture of the effect of fiscal policy on reducing income inequality. The contrast...

Tax incentives can be a useful tool to stimulate investment in developing countries. However, in these countries interest groups often are able to exert considerable influence in its management, if not its design. From a power-based approach to the political economy of tax reform we find how...