Effect of Corruption on Tax Revenues in the Middle East /

This study estimates the impact of corruption on the revenue-generating capacity of different tax categories in the Middle East. We find that the low revenue collection as a share of GDP there compared to other middle-income regions is due in part to corruption, and certain taxes are more affected t...

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主要作者: Imam, Patrick
其他作者: Jacobs, Davina
格式: 雜誌
語言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007.
叢編:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/270
在線閱讀:Full text available on IMF
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