Political Costs of Tax-Based Consolidations /

This paper studies the impact of tax-based consolidations on reelection outcomes. Using a granular database of tax-based consolidations for a panel of 10 OECD countries over the last 40 years, we find that tax reforms are politically costly but some reforms are costlier than others. Measures aimed p...

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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsman: Chen, Chuling
Övriga upphovsmän: Dabla-Norris, Era, Rappaport, Jay, Zdzienicka, Aleksandra
Materialtyp: Tidskrift
Språk:English
Publicerad: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/298
Länkar:Full text available on IMF