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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155202103321

Autore

Gaspar Vitor

Titolo

Political Institutions, State Building, and Tax Capacity : : Crossing the Tipping Point / / Vitor Gaspar, Laura Jaramillo, Philippe Wingender

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016

ISBN

1-4755-5816-3

1-4755-5839-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (34 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

JaramilloLaura

WingenderPhilippe

Soggetti

Taxation - United States

Public Finance

Taxation

Analysis of Collective Decision-Making: General

Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government

Tax Evasion and Avoidance

Economic Development: General

Institutions and Growth

Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General

Fiscal Policy

Public finance & taxation

Macroeconomics

Revenue administration

Subnational tax

Tax administration core functions

Tax return filing compliance

Fiscal policy

Taxes

Revenue

Tax administration and procedure

United States Economic conditions

China, People's Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

An empirical finding by Gaspar, Jaramillo and Wingender (2016) shows that once countries cross a tax-to-GDP threshold of around 12¾ 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, Colombia, and Nigeria—to illustrate that the improvements in tax capacity have been part of a deeper process of state capacity building. We discuss the political conditions that supported tax capacity building, highlighting three important political ingredients: constitutive institutions, inclusive politics and credible leadership.