Distortionary Taxation and the Debt Laffer Curve /

This paper highlights the importance of the role of the domestic tax system in determining the economic consequences of an external debt overhang. A simple taxation scheme is specified and it is shown that a country can be on the 'wrong side' of its debt Laffer curve only if it is on the w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Husain, Aasim
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1992.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1992/010
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