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Bringing Belgian public finances to a sustainable path
Koźluk, Tomasz; Jousten, Alain; Høj, Jens - 2012
Economic growth is projected to be strengthening from mid-2011 onwards, but will be insufficient to restore the … increased. This will require cuts in public spending, improving efficiency of policies, containing the growth of ageing …-related costs and making the tax system more conducive to growth. While past experiences, such as in the 1990s, have shown that …
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Bangladesh
Washington, DC : US Gov. Print. Off. - Nachgewiesen 1969 - 1992; damit Ersch. eingest.
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Die Europäische Gemeinschaft und Bangladesh
1988
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The stabilisation properties of immovable property taxation : evidence from OECD countries
Blöchliger, Hansjörg; Égert, Balázs; Alvarez, Bastien; … - 2015
This paper contributes to the scarce literature on the macroeconomic effects of property taxes, in particular on the relationships between property taxes, house prices and the wider economy. The paper first estimates a fiscal reaction function which analysis the reaction of property tax revenues...
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How much, what policies?
Blöchliger, Hansjörg - 2013
This paper provides an overview of fiscal consolidation efforts at the central and sub-central government level, both during the current and past consolidation episodes. After experiencing a deficit and debt hike during the crisis, sub-central debt is mostly stabilising. So far, sub-central...
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Debt and macroeconomic stability : case studies
Merola, Rossana - 2012
Accumulating debt raises concerns about its implications for macroeconomic stability. This paper sheds light on the implications of high indebtedness for the macroeconomic volatility by identifying the main drivers of the evolution of debt in a set of countries. The country choice was based on...
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The system of revenue sharing and fiscal transfers in China
Wang, Xiao; Herd, Richard - 2013
The main features of China’s current sub-national finance arrangements date back to the 1994 tax reform. China has a multi-level government structure that shares national tax revenues through a system of tax sharing and transfers, and divides spending assignments and responsibilities. Local...
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Adjusting fiscal balances for the business cycle : new tax and expenditure elasticity estimates for OECD countries
Price, Robert W.; Dang, Thai Thanh; Botev, Jarmila - 2015
This paper re-estimates the elasticities of government revenue and expenditure items with respect to the output gap for OECD countries. These elasticities are used by the OECD to calculate cyclically adjusted fiscal balances. The study updates the earlier 2005 study using the most recent...
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Malaysia's economic success story and challenges
Koen, Vincent; Asada, Hidekatsu; Nixon, Stewart; … - 2017
Malaysia has sustained over four decades of rapid, inclusive growth, reducing its dependence on agriculture and … economies, while poverty and income inequality have declined considerably. Growth has also been remarkably resilient in the face … policy. Further reforms are needed for Malaysia to become a high-income nation around 2020: productivity growth needs to be …
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