The Tax Treatment of Government Bonds /

In their effort to finance fiscal deficits at a reasonable cost, governments compete with other users of financial capital. Governments, however, are in the unique position that they are the only debt suppliers that can determine the taxation of debt instruments they issue. Following an overview of...

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Autor principal: Norregaard, John
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/025
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF
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