Political Institutions, State Building, and Tax Capacity : Crossing the Tipping Point /

An empirical finding by Gaspar, Jaramillo and Wingender (2016) shows that once countries cross a tax-to-GDP threshold of around 12 3/4 percent, real GDP per capita increases sharply and in a sustained manner over the following decade. In this paper, we attempt via four case studies-Spain, China, Col...

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1. Verfasser: Gaspar, Vitor
Weitere Verfasser: Jaramillo, Laura, Wingender, Philippe
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Schriftenreihe:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/233
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF