Understanding Countries' Tax Effort /

This paper presents a model to determine the tax effort and tax capacity of 113 countries and the main variables on which they depend. The results and the model allow a clear determination of which countries are near their tax capacity and which are some way from it, and therefore, could increase th...

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Main Author: Committeri, Marco
Other Authors: Pessino, Carola
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/244
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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