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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Hovedforfatter: Vocke, Matthias
Andre forfattere: Oomes, Nienke
Format: Tidsskrift
Sprog:English
Udgivet: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Serier:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/167
Online adgang:Full text available on IMF