Diamond Smuggling and Taxation in Sub-Saharan Africa /

This paper provides an overview of diamond mining in sub-Saharan African countries, and explores the reasons for substantial differences in their tax rates and fiscal revenues from the sector, which mainly arise from differences in the incentives for smuggling. In a theoretical model, we show that o...

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Huvudupphovsman: Vocke, Matthias
Övriga upphovsmän: Oomes, Nienke
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/167
Länkar:Full text available on IMF
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