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A Better Local Business Tax: The BVT 0 0 0 64 2 4 8 223
A preliminary analysis of intergovernment transfers in Romania 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 115
Are There Trends in Local Finance? A Cautionary Note on Comparative Studies and Normative Models of Local Government Finance 0 1 2 88 0 5 8 246
Are There Trends in Local Finance? A Comparative Look at Data and Normative Models of Local Government Finance 0 0 0 102 1 1 3 196
Asymmetric Fiscal Decentralization: Glue or Solvent? 1 3 9 443 2 5 18 965
Below the Salt: Decentralizing Value-Added Taxes 1 1 2 158 2 3 7 296
Benchmarking Tax Administrations in Developing Countries: A Systemic Approach 0 1 5 251 3 5 18 528
Can GTA Municipalities Raise Property Taxes? An Analysis of Tax Competition and Revenue Hills 0 1 1 72 0 4 10 150
China's Fiscal System: A Work in Progress (2005) 0 0 0 412 4 6 9 1,207
Closing the Gap: Fiscal Imbalaces and Intergovernmental Transfers in Developed Federations 0 3 7 552 2 7 16 1,106
Coping with Change: The Need to Restructure Urban Governance and Finance in India 0 0 1 50 1 2 5 169
Coping with Change: The Need to Restructure Urban Governance and Finance in India 0 0 0 44 1 2 3 193
Decentralisation Financiere et Pays en Developement: Concepts, Mesure et Evaluation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 853
Decentralization and Infrastructure in Developing Countries: Reconciling Principles and Practice 1 3 4 55 2 6 12 133
Decentralization and Infrastructure: Principles and Practice 0 0 1 169 4 8 11 297
Decentralizing infrastructure: for good or ill? 0 0 5 417 2 2 18 1,472
Designing Tax Policy: Constraints and Objectives in an Open Economy 1 1 3 392 1 5 9 2,157
Does Municipal Amalgamation Strengthen the Financial Viability of Local Government? A Canadian Example 0 0 1 168 4 5 12 430
Décentralisation financière et pays en dévelopement: concepts, mesure et évaluation 0 0 0 161 1 2 4 752
Earmarking in Theory and Korean Practice (2005) 2 3 6 225 3 6 35 604
Expenditure-Based Equalization Transfers 0 0 2 175 1 2 8 407
Financing local government in Hungary 0 0 0 155 1 1 2 729
Fiscal Decentralization and Decentralizing Tax Administration: Different Questions, Different Answers 0 0 4 149 3 7 13 246
Fiscal Decentralization in Colombia: A Work (Still) in Progress 0 1 4 131 1 5 13 282
Fiscal Flows, Fiscal Balance, and Fiscal Sustainability 1 2 5 595 1 6 22 1,592
Fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental relations in transition economics: toward a systematic framework of analysis 0 2 6 369 0 3 11 1,424
Foreign Advice and Tax Policy in Developing Countries 1 4 4 140 6 15 16 342
Getting it Right: Financing Urban Development in China 0 0 4 151 1 3 13 368
Global Taxes and International Taxation: Mirage and Reality 0 0 0 77 2 3 5 181
How to Reform the Property Tax: Lessons from around the World 0 2 4 149 1 6 12 275
IMFG@10: The Past, Present, and Future of City Finance and Governance 0 0 0 5 1 4 9 34
Improving Taxpayer Service and Facilitating Compliance in Singapore 0 1 1 26 0 3 6 85
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Universal Principles, Local Applications 0 3 16 849 4 16 47 2,961
Intergovernmental fiscal relations and poverty alleviation in Viet Nam 0 0 1 119 0 0 2 678
Is Decentralization "Glue" or "Solvent" for National Unity? 0 0 1 125 2 3 6 274
Is VAT the Best Way to Impose a General Consumption Tax in Developing Countries 0 0 3 260 3 4 9 650
Is it Really so Hard-To-Tax? The Context and Role of Presumptive Taxes 0 1 6 60 1 3 21 148
Local Taxes and Local Expenditures: Strengthening the Wicksellian Connection 1 1 3 115 1 5 11 275
Merging Municipalities: Is Bigger Better? 0 3 9 123 1 10 37 425
Provincial-Local Equalization in Canada: Time for a Change? 0 2 6 26 3 8 20 55
Redistribution via Taxation: The Limited Role of the Personal Income Tax in Developing Countries (2005) 1 2 7 576 2 8 30 1,665
Reforming International Taxation: Is the Process the Real Product? 0 0 2 79 1 2 4 183
Requiem for an Institution: The End of the Indian Planning Commission 0 0 0 7 1 8 18 37
Rethinking Subnational Taxes: A New Look At Tax Assignment 0 0 3 212 1 3 8 657
Smart Tax Administration 1 2 3 38 1 4 8 105
Societal Institutions and Tax Effort in Developing Countries 0 0 1 360 1 4 15 1,055
Societal Institutions and Tax Effort in Developing Countries 1 1 3 72 4 4 9 225
Societal Institutions and Tax Effort in Developing Countries 0 0 0 111 1 1 2 396
Study to quantify and analyse the VAT Gap in the EU-27 Member States 0 0 0 139 4 5 8 321
Subnational Taxation in Large Emerging Countries: BRIC Plus One 1 1 1 134 4 5 5 295
Subnational Taxation in Large Emerging Countries: BRIC Plus One 0 0 0 66 1 1 2 184
Subnational Taxes in Developing Countries: The Way Forward 0 0 2 75 1 2 5 198
Subnational taxation in developing countries: a review of the literature 0 0 5 254 4 9 20 559
TAXING ALCOHOL IN AFRICA: REFLECTIONS AND UPDATES 0 0 0 50 1 2 3 129
Tax Assignment Revisited 1 1 2 219 2 3 5 593
Tax Challenges Facing Developing Countries 0 0 0 252 2 3 11 693
Tax Challenges Facing Developing Countries 0 0 0 85 1 4 6 471
Tax Effort: The Impact of Corruption, Voice and Accountability 0 0 0 202 2 2 4 503
Tax Evasion, the Provision of Public Infrastructure, and Growth: A General Equilibrium Approach to Two Very Different Countries, Egypt and Mauritius 0 0 0 91 5 7 8 212
Tax System Change and the Impact of Tax Research 0 0 0 122 1 1 2 190
Tax challenges facing developing countries 0 0 2 239 2 3 12 541
Tax incentives for foreign investment in Latin America 0 0 1 9 1 1 3 23
Taxation and Decentralization 0 1 2 33 0 2 5 82
Taxation and Development 0 0 4 52 3 5 20 128
Taxation and Inequality in the Americas: Changing the Fiscal Contract? 0 0 0 147 3 3 5 227
Taxation and Inequality in the Americas: Changing the Fiscal Contract? 0 1 1 49 1 2 9 157
Taxing Business 0 0 0 12 1 1 2 32
Taxing Consumption 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 55
Taxing Consumption in Canada: Rates, Revenues, and Redistribution 1 1 6 90 2 2 15 178
Taxing Consumption in Jamaica:The GCT and the SCT 0 0 2 124 1 2 5 956
Taxing consumption in Jamaica 0 0 1 96 0 0 3 269
The BBLR Approach to tax Reform in Emerging Countries 2 3 4 121 2 5 10 487
The Costs of VAT: A Review of the Literature 0 0 1 247 3 4 12 504
The Costs of VAT: A Review of the Literature 1 1 2 314 2 2 5 989
The GST/HST: Creating an Integrated Sales Tax in a Federal Country 0 1 4 86 3 8 36 297
The Personal Income Tax 0 0 1 49 0 1 6 105
The Political Economy of Property Tax Reform 1 3 11 197 4 13 37 313
Tobacco and Alcohol Excise Taxes for Improving Public Health and Revenue Outcomes: Marrying Sin and Virtue? 0 0 1 75 0 5 14 238
Tobacco and alcohol excise taxes for improving public health and revenue outcomes: marrying sin and virtue ? 0 0 0 79 2 2 5 117
Urban Governance and Finance in India 0 0 0 98 1 1 1 383
Urban Governance and Finance in India 0 0 0 30 3 4 6 125
Urban governance and finance in India 0 0 1 227 4 4 18 1,013
VATs in Federal States: Experiences and Emerging Possibilities 0 0 1 293 0 0 2 614
Value Added Tax: Onward and Upward? 0 0 2 173 0 3 8 406
Value-Added Taxes in Developing and Transitional Countries: Lessons and Questions (2005) 0 0 4 233 2 6 19 541
Total Working Papers 19 57 206 13,878 148 342 921 40,974
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A new look at indirect taxation in developing countries 0 0 1 95 0 0 6 190
Administrative Dimensions of Tax Reform 1 1 5 134 1 2 25 431
An Approach to Metropolitan Governance and Finance 0 0 0 80 1 2 3 166
Are global taxes feasible? 0 1 3 27 1 4 11 125
CVAT, VIVAT, and Dual VAT: Vertical ``Sharing'' and Interstate Trade 0 0 0 122 0 0 2 419
Closing the Gap: Fiscal Imbalances and Intergovernmental Transfers in Developed Federations 0 3 6 152 0 4 11 430
Coordinating Federal and Provincial Sales Taxes: Lessons From the Canadian Experience 0 0 1 27 0 0 3 76
Decentralization of Intergovernmental Finance in Transition Economies 0 0 1 20 0 0 2 67
Developments in Intergovernmental Fiscal Centralization and Decentralization 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Dual Income Taxation: A Promising Path to Tax Reform for Developing Countries 1 2 8 189 1 6 27 492
Dual VATs and Cross-Border Trade: Two Problems, One Solution? 1 1 3 190 3 7 11 568
Décentralisation financière et pays en développement: concepts, mesure et évaluation 1 2 2 21 1 8 9 125
E Pluribus unum? Can Fiscal Federalism Reconcile Diversity and Cohesion in Fragmented States? 0 0 0 13 0 1 2 50
Editorial 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Editorial 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Federalism and Regional Disparities: A Review Essay 0 0 0 76 1 1 2 267
Finances of the Nation: Taxing Consumption in Canada: Rates, Revenues, and Redistribution 0 0 1 6 0 2 5 22
Financing Urbanization in Developing Countries by Benefit Taxation: Case Study of Colombia 0 1 1 6 1 2 3 21
Fiscal Arrangements for Maintaining an Effective State in Canada 0 0 0 16 1 2 2 82
Fiscal Contracting in Latin America 1 3 7 37 7 18 30 134
INITIAL AND INVESTMENT ALLOWANCES UNDER THE BRITISH INCOME TAX AND COUNTER‐CYCLICAL POLICY 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25
Income Distribution and Tax Policy in Colombia 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 425
Income Redistribution through the Fiscal System: The Limits of Knowledge 0 0 1 95 0 0 2 257
Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: International Lessons for Developing Countries 7 15 26 422 17 35 69 848
International Aspects of the Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders (Aspects internationaux de l'imposition des sociétés et des actionnaires) (Aspectos internacionales de la tributación de sociedades y accionistas) 0 0 0 14 0 0 2 125
Introduction 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 37
LOCAL TAXES AND LOCAL EXPENDITURES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: STRENGTHENING THE WICKSELLIAN CONNECTION 0 0 1 15 1 2 4 57
Land and Property Taxation in 25 Countries: A Comparative Review 0 0 2 26 1 2 12 90
Local Finance and Economic Reform in Eastern Europe 0 0 0 19 0 1 2 64
Local Response to Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: The Case of Colombia 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 78
Mathew, E. T., Agricultural Taxation and Economic Development in India, London, Asia Publishing House, 1968, 204 pp. ($7.50) 0 0 1 3 1 2 3 17
Modernizing VATs in Africa by Sijbren Cnossen, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019, xv + 350 pp 0 0 1 17 1 2 9 50
On Measuring Fiscal Centralization and Fiscal Balance in Federal States 0 0 0 71 1 2 3 181
Policy Forum: Equalization and Canada's Fiscal Constitution--The Tie That Binds? 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 32
Put up or shut up: Self-assessment and asymmetric information 0 0 0 18 3 3 3 50
Redesigning Intergovernmental Transfers: A Colombian Example 0 1 1 12 0 1 3 47
Redistribution via Taxation: The Limited Role of the Personal Income Tax in Developing Countries 6 19 80 762 16 65 287 2,324
Reforming International Taxation: Is the Process the Real Product? 0 0 1 17 4 5 7 76
SUBNATIONAL TAXATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 0 1 2 26 2 5 10 104
Smart Tax Administration 0 5 12 110 1 11 42 340
Societal Institutions and Tax Effort in Developing Countries 0 2 6 207 0 3 14 660
THE NEED FOR REGIONAL POLICY IN A COMMON MARKET 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 25
Tax Effort in Developing Countries and High Income Countries: The Impact of Corruption, Voice and Accountability 0 0 2 273 3 3 8 831
Tax Harmonization and Federal Finance: A Perspective on Recent Canadian Discussion 0 0 0 21 2 2 2 125
Tax Policy in Developing Countries: Looking Back—and Forward 1 3 13 138 2 6 24 339
Tax Policy in Emerging Countries 3 5 9 90 3 9 25 297
Taxation and Decentralization 0 1 2 75 0 3 6 172
Taxation and Development 0 0 0 121 0 1 6 302
Taxation and Income Distribution in Latin America: A Critical Review of Empirical Studies (Fiscalité et redistribution des revenus en Amérique latine: une revue critique de quelques études empiriques) (La tributación y la distribución del ingreso en América Latina: un examen crítico de los estudios empíricos) 0 0 1 20 1 1 2 112
Taxation in Papua New Guinea: Backwards to the future? 0 0 0 24 0 0 4 144
Taxing Consumption in Jamaica 0 0 0 26 0 2 6 68
Taxing tourism in developing countries 1 1 1 488 2 3 7 1,165
Technology and Taxation in Developing Countries: From Hand to Mouse 4 4 12 103 12 19 63 375
The Corporate Income Tax in Canada: Does its Past Foretell its Future? 0 0 0 9 2 3 5 40
The Economic Incidence of Replacing a Retail Sales Tax with a Value-Added Tax: Evidence from Canadian Experience 1 2 3 43 4 6 8 337
The GST/HST: Creating an Integrated Sales Tax in a Federal Country 0 2 2 10 0 4 6 51
The Impact on Investment of Replacing a Retail Sales Tax With a Value-Added Tax: Evidence From Canadian Experience 2 3 7 56 4 6 18 176
The Incidence of Indirect Taxes on Low-Income Households in Jamaica 0 0 0 9 0 0 3 291
The Incidence of the Property Tax: Old Wine In New Bottles? 0 0 0 105 0 3 6 223
The Income Tax in an Uncertain World: Pillar, Symbol, and Instrument 0 0 1 11 2 2 3 36
The Public Finances and the Technological Revolution: Comments 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 35
The Taxation of Personal Wealth in International Perspective 0 0 0 149 1 1 4 387
The Uneasy Case Against Discriminatory Excise Taxation: Soft Drink Taxes in Ireland 0 0 0 52 2 3 4 144
The Value Added Tax: Critique of a Review 1 1 1 166 2 3 4 402
The demand for local political autonomy: an individualistic theory 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12
The economic costs of US stock mispricing 0 0 0 12 1 2 3 140
The limited role of the personal income tax in developing countries 2 2 4 282 6 12 35 838
Threading the Fiscal Labyrinth: Some Issues in Fiscal Decentralization 0 0 3 72 4 9 27 189
VAT in a Federal System: Lessons from Canada 0 0 1 11 0 4 6 41
Wagner's o Law' of Expanding State Activity 0 0 0 0 6 18 53 2,257
Total Journal Articles 33 81 235 5,429 129 335 981 19,119


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Fiscal Decentralization and Local Finance in Developing Countries 13 24 52 283 31 59 122 756
Governing the Metropolis: Principles and Cases 0 0 0 12 0 0 1 53
Perspectives on Fiscal Federalism 0 0 2 57 4 7 16 150
The VAT in Developing and Transitional Countries 0 0 0 0 2 2 21 437
The VAT in Developing and Transitional Countries 0 0 0 0 4 8 222 2,301
Total Books 13 24 54 352 41 76 382 3,697


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Central and Subnational VATs in Federal Countries 1 1 3 23 1 1 7 58
Expenditure-Based Equalization Transfers 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 11
Fiscal Federalism and National Unity 0 1 2 31 2 3 6 138
Foreign advice and tax policy in developing countries 1 3 5 35 4 13 19 108
Introduction and Overview 1 3 19 100 1 7 27 164
Is it Really so Hard to Tax the Hard-to-Tax? The Context and Role of Presumptive Taxes 0 0 1 7 2 3 7 14
Land Taxes in Colombia 0 0 1 22 1 1 3 49
Land and Property Taxation in 25 Countries: A Comparative Review 1 5 20 127 7 17 57 338
Land and Property Taxes in Poland 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 41
Property Tax in Ukraine 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 42
Property Taxes in Mexico 0 0 1 19 0 0 4 42
Property Taxes in Nicaragua 0 0 0 8 1 3 3 31
Real Estate Tax in Latvia 0 0 1 19 1 1 3 74
Reconciling Diversity with Equality: The Role of Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements in Maintaining an Effective State in Canada 1 1 1 5 1 1 3 38
Reforming Property Taxes 1 3 7 44 2 4 8 73
Subsidiarity, Solidarity and Asymmetry: Aspects of the Problem 0 0 2 45 0 1 4 89
Sustainable development requires a good tax system 0 0 3 48 1 1 9 139
Tax Policy and Tax Research in Canada 0 0 2 283 0 3 6 1,640
Tax System Change and the Impact of Tax Research 1 1 2 10 2 3 7 40
Taxation and inequality in the Americas: Changing the fiscal contract? 0 0 2 18 2 6 13 64
The Country Studies: Comparisons and Conclusions 0 0 0 4 0 2 8 32
VAT in Ukraine: An Interim Report 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
Value-Added Tax: Onward and Upward? 0 0 0 24 2 2 5 106
Total Chapters 7 18 72 882 31 76 206 3,334


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