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Peasants versus city-dwellers [[electronic resource] ] : taxation and the burden of economic development / / Raaj K. Sah, Joseph E. Stiglitz
| Peasants versus city-dwellers [[electronic resource] ] : taxation and the burden of economic development / / Raaj K. Sah, Joseph E. Stiglitz |
| Autore | Sah Raaj Kumar |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press, 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.90091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | StiglitzJoseph E |
| Soggetto topico |
Rural development - Developing countries
Rural poor - Taxation - Developing countries Income distribution - Developing countries Taxation - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-281-97821-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PREFACE; Contents; PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO ISSUES AND METHODOLOGY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Normative versus Positive Analysis; 1.2 Analysis under Limited Data Availability; 1.3 Policy and Political Economy; 1.4 General-Equilibrium Analysis; 1.5 The Structure of the Book; 1.6 The Nature of the Results; 1.7 Some Remarks on the Role of Theory; 2. THE OBJECTIVES AND INSTRUMENTS OF GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY IN LDCs; 2.1 Stated Objectives of Food-Related Policies; 2.2 Putting Agricultural Policies in Perspective; 2.3 The Economic Structure of LDCs; 2.4 Concluding Remarks
3. AN APPROACH TO APPLIED WELFARE ECONOMICS3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Theoretical Background; 3.3 Applied Welfare Economics for LDCs; PART II: INTER-SECTORAL TAXATION POLICIES; 4. RURAL-URBAN PRICES IN OPEN ECONOMIES; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 A Simple Model; 4.3 Analysis of Changes in Agricultural and Industrial Prices; 4.4 Price-Productivity Effects; Appendix; 5. THE PRICE SCISSORS IN OPEN ECONOMIES; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Effects on the Investible Surplus of Changes in the Price Scissors; 5.3 Welfare Effects of Changing the Price Scissors; 5.4 Optimal Price Scissors; 5.5 Concluding Remarks 6. THE PRICE SCISSORS IN CLOSED AND PARTIALLY CLOSED SOCIALIST ECONOMIES6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Model; 6.3 Reform in the Price Scissors; 6.4 Optimal Price Scissors; 6.5 Economies with Traded and Non-Traded Goods; 6.6 Concluding Remarks; Appendix; 7. THE SOVIET INDUSTRIALIZATION DEBATE AND COLLECTIVIZATION; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Preobrazhensky's Propositions; 7.3 The Correct Size of the Price Scissors; 7.4 Collectivization; 7.5 A Postscript on the Soviet Debate; PART III: THE RURAL SECTOR; 8. INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND ALTERNATIVE ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS WITHIN THE RURAL SECTOR; 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Distributional Effects8.3 Alternative Forms of Rural Organization; 8.4 Effects of Wages and Prices on Rural Productivity; 8.5 Concluding Remarks; 9. TAXES AND SUBSIDIES ON DIFFERENT GOODS IN THE RURAL SECTOR; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 A General Formulation; 9.3 Informationally Parsimonious Pareto-Improving Price Reforms for Cash-Crops and Manufactured Inputs; 9.4 Should Some Cash-Crops or Manufactured Inputs be Taxed and Others Subsidized?; 9.5 Some Caveats; Appendix; PART IV: THE URBAN SECTOR; 10. THE IMPACT OF URBAN WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT DETERMINATION ON TAXATION POLICIES; 10.1 Introduction 10.2 A General Formulation of Urban Wage-Determination10.3 Urban-Rural Prices with an Endogenous Urban Wage; 10.4 Price Scissors with Endogenous Wages; 10.5 Endogenous Urban Wage versus Government-Controlled Urban Wage: Which is the Appropriate Assumption for LDCs?; 10.6 Note on the Urban Wage Fixed in Terms of the Utility Level; 10.7 Urban Unemployment; 11. SOME ASPECTS OF THE WAGE-PRODUCTIVITY HYPOTHESIS THAT ARE RELEVANT FOR TAXATION ANALYSIS; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Why Do Wages and Prices Affect Productivity?; 11.3 A Model of Wages, Prices, Productivity, and Unemployment 12. TAXES AND SUBSIDIES ON DIFFERENT GOODS IN THE URBAN SECTOR |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454148103321 |
Sah Raaj Kumar
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| Oxford, : Clarendon Press, 1992 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Peasants versus city-dwellers [[electronic resource] ] : taxation and the burden of economic development / / Raaj K. Sah, Joseph E. Stiglitz
| Peasants versus city-dwellers [[electronic resource] ] : taxation and the burden of economic development / / Raaj K. Sah, Joseph E. Stiglitz |
| Autore | Sah Raaj Kumar |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press, 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.90091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | StiglitzJoseph E |
| Soggetto topico |
Rural development - Developing countries
Rural poor - Taxation - Developing countries Income distribution - Developing countries Taxation - Developing countries |
| ISBN | 1-281-97821-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PREFACE; Contents; PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO ISSUES AND METHODOLOGY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Normative versus Positive Analysis; 1.2 Analysis under Limited Data Availability; 1.3 Policy and Political Economy; 1.4 General-Equilibrium Analysis; 1.5 The Structure of the Book; 1.6 The Nature of the Results; 1.7 Some Remarks on the Role of Theory; 2. THE OBJECTIVES AND INSTRUMENTS OF GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY IN LDCs; 2.1 Stated Objectives of Food-Related Policies; 2.2 Putting Agricultural Policies in Perspective; 2.3 The Economic Structure of LDCs; 2.4 Concluding Remarks
3. AN APPROACH TO APPLIED WELFARE ECONOMICS3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Theoretical Background; 3.3 Applied Welfare Economics for LDCs; PART II: INTER-SECTORAL TAXATION POLICIES; 4. RURAL-URBAN PRICES IN OPEN ECONOMIES; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 A Simple Model; 4.3 Analysis of Changes in Agricultural and Industrial Prices; 4.4 Price-Productivity Effects; Appendix; 5. THE PRICE SCISSORS IN OPEN ECONOMIES; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Effects on the Investible Surplus of Changes in the Price Scissors; 5.3 Welfare Effects of Changing the Price Scissors; 5.4 Optimal Price Scissors; 5.5 Concluding Remarks 6. THE PRICE SCISSORS IN CLOSED AND PARTIALLY CLOSED SOCIALIST ECONOMIES6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Model; 6.3 Reform in the Price Scissors; 6.4 Optimal Price Scissors; 6.5 Economies with Traded and Non-Traded Goods; 6.6 Concluding Remarks; Appendix; 7. THE SOVIET INDUSTRIALIZATION DEBATE AND COLLECTIVIZATION; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Preobrazhensky's Propositions; 7.3 The Correct Size of the Price Scissors; 7.4 Collectivization; 7.5 A Postscript on the Soviet Debate; PART III: THE RURAL SECTOR; 8. INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND ALTERNATIVE ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS WITHIN THE RURAL SECTOR; 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Distributional Effects8.3 Alternative Forms of Rural Organization; 8.4 Effects of Wages and Prices on Rural Productivity; 8.5 Concluding Remarks; 9. TAXES AND SUBSIDIES ON DIFFERENT GOODS IN THE RURAL SECTOR; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 A General Formulation; 9.3 Informationally Parsimonious Pareto-Improving Price Reforms for Cash-Crops and Manufactured Inputs; 9.4 Should Some Cash-Crops or Manufactured Inputs be Taxed and Others Subsidized?; 9.5 Some Caveats; Appendix; PART IV: THE URBAN SECTOR; 10. THE IMPACT OF URBAN WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT DETERMINATION ON TAXATION POLICIES; 10.1 Introduction 10.2 A General Formulation of Urban Wage-Determination10.3 Urban-Rural Prices with an Endogenous Urban Wage; 10.4 Price Scissors with Endogenous Wages; 10.5 Endogenous Urban Wage versus Government-Controlled Urban Wage: Which is the Appropriate Assumption for LDCs?; 10.6 Note on the Urban Wage Fixed in Terms of the Utility Level; 10.7 Urban Unemployment; 11. SOME ASPECTS OF THE WAGE-PRODUCTIVITY HYPOTHESIS THAT ARE RELEVANT FOR TAXATION ANALYSIS; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Why Do Wages and Prices Affect Productivity?; 11.3 A Model of Wages, Prices, Productivity, and Unemployment 12. TAXES AND SUBSIDIES ON DIFFERENT GOODS IN THE URBAN SECTOR |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782843103321 |
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Sah Raaj Kumar
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| Oxford, : Clarendon Press, 1992 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Peasants versus city-dwellers : taxation and the burden of economic development / / Raaj K. Sah, Joseph E. Stiglitz
| Peasants versus city-dwellers : taxation and the burden of economic development / / Raaj K. Sah, Joseph E. Stiglitz |
| Autore | Sah Raaj Kumar |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press, 1992 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.90091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | StiglitzJoseph E |
| Soggetto topico |
Rural development - Developing countries
Rural poor - Taxation - Developing countries Income distribution - Developing countries Taxation - Developing countries |
| ISBN | 1-281-97821-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PREFACE; Contents; PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO ISSUES AND METHODOLOGY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Normative versus Positive Analysis; 1.2 Analysis under Limited Data Availability; 1.3 Policy and Political Economy; 1.4 General-Equilibrium Analysis; 1.5 The Structure of the Book; 1.6 The Nature of the Results; 1.7 Some Remarks on the Role of Theory; 2. THE OBJECTIVES AND INSTRUMENTS OF GOVERNMENT POLICY AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY IN LDCs; 2.1 Stated Objectives of Food-Related Policies; 2.2 Putting Agricultural Policies in Perspective; 2.3 The Economic Structure of LDCs; 2.4 Concluding Remarks
3. AN APPROACH TO APPLIED WELFARE ECONOMICS3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Theoretical Background; 3.3 Applied Welfare Economics for LDCs; PART II: INTER-SECTORAL TAXATION POLICIES; 4. RURAL-URBAN PRICES IN OPEN ECONOMIES; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 A Simple Model; 4.3 Analysis of Changes in Agricultural and Industrial Prices; 4.4 Price-Productivity Effects; Appendix; 5. THE PRICE SCISSORS IN OPEN ECONOMIES; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Effects on the Investible Surplus of Changes in the Price Scissors; 5.3 Welfare Effects of Changing the Price Scissors; 5.4 Optimal Price Scissors; 5.5 Concluding Remarks 6. THE PRICE SCISSORS IN CLOSED AND PARTIALLY CLOSED SOCIALIST ECONOMIES6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Model; 6.3 Reform in the Price Scissors; 6.4 Optimal Price Scissors; 6.5 Economies with Traded and Non-Traded Goods; 6.6 Concluding Remarks; Appendix; 7. THE SOVIET INDUSTRIALIZATION DEBATE AND COLLECTIVIZATION; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Preobrazhensky's Propositions; 7.3 The Correct Size of the Price Scissors; 7.4 Collectivization; 7.5 A Postscript on the Soviet Debate; PART III: THE RURAL SECTOR; 8. INCOME DISTRIBUTION AND ALTERNATIVE ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS WITHIN THE RURAL SECTOR; 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Distributional Effects8.3 Alternative Forms of Rural Organization; 8.4 Effects of Wages and Prices on Rural Productivity; 8.5 Concluding Remarks; 9. TAXES AND SUBSIDIES ON DIFFERENT GOODS IN THE RURAL SECTOR; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 A General Formulation; 9.3 Informationally Parsimonious Pareto-Improving Price Reforms for Cash-Crops and Manufactured Inputs; 9.4 Should Some Cash-Crops or Manufactured Inputs be Taxed and Others Subsidized?; 9.5 Some Caveats; Appendix; PART IV: THE URBAN SECTOR; 10. THE IMPACT OF URBAN WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT DETERMINATION ON TAXATION POLICIES; 10.1 Introduction 10.2 A General Formulation of Urban Wage-Determination10.3 Urban-Rural Prices with an Endogenous Urban Wage; 10.4 Price Scissors with Endogenous Wages; 10.5 Endogenous Urban Wage versus Government-Controlled Urban Wage: Which is the Appropriate Assumption for LDCs?; 10.6 Note on the Urban Wage Fixed in Terms of the Utility Level; 10.7 Urban Unemployment; 11. SOME ASPECTS OF THE WAGE-PRODUCTIVITY HYPOTHESIS THAT ARE RELEVANT FOR TAXATION ANALYSIS; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Why Do Wages and Prices Affect Productivity?; 11.3 A Model of Wages, Prices, Productivity, and Unemployment 12. TAXES AND SUBSIDIES ON DIFFERENT GOODS IN THE URBAN SECTOR |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811389503321 |
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Sah Raaj Kumar
|
||
| Oxford, : Clarendon Press, 1992 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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