Taxation of Petroleum Products : Theory and Empirical Evidence /

The domestic taxation of petroleum products is an important source of revenue in most countries. However, there is a wide variation of tax rates on petroleum products across countries, which cannot be explained by economic theory alone. This paper surveys different considerations advanced for taxing...

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Главный автор: Gupta, Poonam
Другие авторы: Mahler, Walter
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1994.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1994/032
Online-ссылка:Full text available on IMF
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