Eastern Europe : Factors Underlying the Weakening Performance of Tax Revenues /

The paper analyzes the decline of tax revenue/GDP ratios in transition economies of central and eastern Europe. The paper separates the effect on revenues of discretionary policy actions and finds that endogenous factors, notably the collapse of underlying profits and declining effective tax rates,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Belanger, Gerard
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1994.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1994/104
Online Access:Full text available on IMF