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A Better Local Business Tax: The BVT 0 0 0 64 4 9 13 230
A preliminary analysis of intergovernment transfers in Romania 0 0 0 8 3 3 4 118
Are There Trends in Local Finance? A Cautionary Note on Comparative Studies and Normative Models of Local Government Finance 0 0 2 88 6 6 14 252
Are There Trends in Local Finance? A Comparative Look at Data and Normative Models of Local Government Finance 0 0 0 102 0 3 5 198
Asymmetric Fiscal Decentralization: Glue or Solvent? 0 1 9 443 4 8 22 971
Below the Salt: Decentralizing Value-Added Taxes 0 1 2 158 2 5 10 299
Benchmarking Tax Administrations in Developing Countries: A Systemic Approach 0 0 5 251 7 11 26 536
Can GTA Municipalities Raise Property Taxes? An Analysis of Tax Competition and Revenue Hills 0 0 1 72 3 4 11 154
China's Fiscal System: A Work in Progress (2005) 0 0 0 412 5 11 16 1,214
Closing the Gap: Fiscal Imbalaces and Intergovernmental Transfers in Developed Federations 1 3 9 555 4 9 21 1,113
Coping with Change: The Need to Restructure Urban Governance and Finance in India 1 1 1 45 4 7 9 199
Coping with Change: The Need to Restructure Urban Governance and Finance in India 0 0 1 50 0 1 5 169
Decentralisation Financiere et Pays en Developement: Concepts, Mesure et Evaluation 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 855
Decentralization and Infrastructure in Developing Countries: Reconciling Principles and Practice 0 1 4 55 5 11 21 142
Decentralization and Infrastructure: Principles and Practice 0 0 1 169 2 7 14 300
Decentralizing infrastructure: for good or ill? 1 1 4 418 3 6 20 1,476
Designing Tax Policy: Constraints and Objectives in an Open Economy 0 1 2 392 3 5 12 2,161
Does Municipal Amalgamation Strengthen the Financial Viability of Local Government? A Canadian Example 0 1 2 169 3 11 19 437
Décentralisation financière et pays en dévelopement: concepts, mesure et évaluation 0 1 1 162 5 9 12 760
Earmarking in Theory and Korean Practice (2005) 1 3 7 226 5 10 42 611
Expenditure-Based Equalization Transfers 0 0 1 175 3 6 11 412
Financing local government in Hungary 0 0 0 155 2 4 4 732
Fiscal Decentralization and Decentralizing Tax Administration: Different Questions, Different Answers 0 1 4 150 2 10 19 253
Fiscal Decentralization in Colombia: A Work (Still) in Progress 0 0 4 131 2 4 16 285
Fiscal Flows, Fiscal Balance, and Fiscal Sustainability 0 1 4 595 2 6 23 1,597
Fiscal decentralization and intergovernmental relations in transition economics: toward a systematic framework of analysis 1 1 3 370 1 5 12 1,429
Foreign Advice and Tax Policy in Developing Countries 0 2 5 141 2 11 21 347
Getting it Right: Financing Urban Development in China 1 4 4 155 3 11 13 378
Global Taxes and International Taxation: Mirage and Reality 0 0 0 77 4 6 9 185
How to Reform the Property Tax: Lessons from around the World 0 1 3 150 2 7 14 281
IMFG@10: The Past, Present, and Future of City Finance and Governance 0 0 0 5 4 7 13 40
Improving Taxpayer Service and Facilitating Compliance in Singapore 0 0 1 26 2 2 8 87
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Universal Principles, Local Applications 1 2 16 851 3 10 50 2,967
Intergovernmental fiscal relations and poverty alleviation in Viet Nam 0 0 1 119 3 4 6 682
Is Decentralization "Glue" or "Solvent" for National Unity? 0 0 1 125 3 9 13 281
Is VAT the Best Way to Impose a General Consumption Tax in Developing Countries 1 3 5 263 6 15 20 662
Is it Really so Hard-To-Tax? The Context and Role of Presumptive Taxes 0 0 6 60 2 3 18 150
Local Taxes and Local Expenditures: Strengthening the Wicksellian Connection 0 2 4 116 3 7 15 281
Merging Municipalities: Is Bigger Better? 0 0 9 123 8 10 43 434
Provincial-Local Equalization in Canada: Time for a Change? 0 0 6 26 6 12 27 64
Redistribution via Taxation: The Limited Role of the Personal Income Tax in Developing Countries (2005) 0 2 6 577 2 7 28 1,670
Reforming International Taxation: Is the Process the Real Product? 0 0 1 79 4 5 7 187
Requiem for an Institution: The End of the Indian Planning Commission 0 0 0 7 15 32 49 68
Rethinking Subnational Taxes: A New Look At Tax Assignment 0 0 1 212 1 3 8 659
Smart Tax Administration 0 1 3 38 2 6 12 110
Societal Institutions and Tax Effort in Developing Countries 0 0 1 360 3 8 22 1,062
Societal Institutions and Tax Effort in Developing Countries 0 1 3 72 9 15 19 236
Societal Institutions and Tax Effort in Developing Countries 0 0 0 111 2 5 5 400
Study to quantify and analyse the VAT Gap in the EU-27 Member States 0 0 0 139 1 6 8 323
Subnational Taxation in Large Emerging Countries: BRIC Plus One 0 1 1 134 2 9 10 300
Subnational Taxation in Large Emerging Countries: BRIC Plus One 0 0 0 66 6 11 12 194
Subnational Taxes in Developing Countries: The Way Forward 0 1 3 76 3 8 12 205
Subnational taxation in developing countries: a review of the literature 0 1 5 255 4 13 27 568
TAXING ALCOHOL IN AFRICA: REFLECTIONS AND UPDATES 0 0 0 50 0 2 3 130
Tax Assignment Revisited 0 1 2 219 6 12 15 603
Tax Challenges Facing Developing Countries 0 0 0 85 2 6 11 476
Tax Challenges Facing Developing Countries 0 0 0 252 4 9 18 700
Tax Effort: The Impact of Corruption, Voice and Accountability 0 0 0 202 2 6 8 507
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 12 15 219
Tax System Change and the Impact of Tax Research 0 0 0 122 0 1 1 190
Tax challenges facing developing countries 0 0 1 239 6 10 19 549
Tax incentives for foreign investment in Latin America 0 0 1 9 1 2 4 24
Taxation and Decentralization 0 0 2 33 1 1 6 83
Taxation and Development 0 1 4 53 1 7 21 132
Taxation and Inequality in the Americas: Changing the Fiscal Contract? 0 0 1 49 7 8 15 164
Taxation and Inequality in the Americas: Changing the Fiscal Contract? 0 0 0 147 7 13 14 237
Taxing Business 0 0 0 12 3 4 5 35
Taxing Consumption 0 0 0 31 2 2 2 57
Taxing Consumption in Canada: Rates, Revenues, and Redistribution 0 1 5 90 3 10 19 186
Taxing Consumption in Jamaica:The GCT and the SCT 0 1 3 125 1 5 8 960
Taxing consumption in Jamaica 0 0 1 96 2 3 6 272
The BBLR Approach to tax Reform in Emerging Countries 0 2 4 121 2 5 11 490
The Costs of VAT: A Review of the Literature 0 1 2 314 4 10 13 997
The Costs of VAT: A Review of the Literature 0 0 1 247 4 7 14 508
The GST/HST: Creating an Integrated Sales Tax in a Federal Country 0 1 4 87 5 14 45 308
The Personal Income Tax 0 0 1 49 0 1 5 106
The Political Economy of Property Tax Reform 0 1 10 197 5 15 42 324
Tobacco and Alcohol Excise Taxes for Improving Public Health and Revenue Outcomes: Marrying Sin and Virtue? 0 1 2 76 3 6 20 244
Tobacco and alcohol excise taxes for improving public health and revenue outcomes: marrying sin and virtue ? 0 0 0 79 5 7 10 122
Urban Governance and Finance in India 0 0 0 98 1 3 3 385
Urban Governance and Finance in India 0 0 0 30 1 8 10 130
Urban governance and finance in India 0 0 0 227 2 7 19 1,016
VATs in Federal States: Experiences and Emerging Possibilities 0 0 1 293 4 5 7 619
Value Added Tax: Onward and Upward? 0 0 2 173 3 3 9 409
Value-Added Taxes in Developing and Transitional Countries: Lessons and Questions (2005) 0 0 3 233 1 5 21 544
Total Working Papers 8 48 202 13,907 280 624 1,291 41,450
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A new look at indirect taxation in developing countries 1 1 1 96 2 3 8 193
Administrative Dimensions of Tax Reform 0 2 6 135 3 9 31 439
An Approach to Metropolitan Governance and Finance 0 0 0 80 3 5 7 170
Are global taxes feasible? 1 1 4 28 9 14 23 138
CVAT, VIVAT, and Dual VAT: Vertical ``Sharing'' and Interstate Trade 0 0 0 122 4 5 6 424
Closing the Gap: Fiscal Imbalances and Intergovernmental Transfers in Developed Federations 0 0 4 152 4 5 14 435
Coordinating Federal and Provincial Sales Taxes: Lessons From the Canadian Experience 0 0 1 27 2 2 4 78
Decentralization of Intergovernmental Finance in Transition Economies 0 0 1 20 4 4 5 71
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 0 1 7 189 4 7 30 498
Dual VATs and Cross-Border Trade: Two Problems, One Solution? 0 1 2 190 3 6 12 571
Décentralisation financière et pays en développement: concepts, mesure et évaluation 0 2 3 22 1 7 15 131
E Pluribus unum? Can Fiscal Federalism Reconcile Diversity and Cohesion in Fragmented States? 0 0 0 13 0 1 2 51
Editorial 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 5
Editorial 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9
Federalism and Regional Disparities: A Review Essay 0 0 0 76 2 3 3 269
Finances of the Nation: Taxing Consumption in Canada: Rates, Revenues, and Redistribution 0 0 1 6 1 3 7 25
Financing Urbanization in Developing Countries by Benefit Taxation: Case Study of Colombia 0 0 1 6 1 2 4 22
Fiscal Arrangements for Maintaining an Effective State in Canada 0 0 0 16 4 6 7 87
Fiscal Contracting in Latin America 0 2 8 38 15 30 52 157
INITIAL AND INVESTMENT ALLOWANCES UNDER THE BRITISH INCOME TAX AND COUNTER‐CYCLICAL POLICY 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 26
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 1 2 3 259
Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: International Lessons for Developing Countries 2 12 29 427 9 41 87 872
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 1 2 16 4 7 10 63
Land and Property Taxation in 25 Countries: A Comparative Review 2 3 4 29 6 9 17 98
Local Finance and Economic Reform in Eastern Europe 0 0 0 19 2 3 5 67
Local Response to Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers: The Case of Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 2 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 0 1 3 17
Modernizing VATs in Africa by Sijbren Cnossen, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2019, xv + 350 pp 1 1 2 18 5 8 15 57
On Measuring Fiscal Centralization and Fiscal Balance in Federal States 0 0 0 71 3 5 7 185
Policy Forum: Equalization and Canada's Fiscal Constitution--The Tie That Binds? 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 32
Put up or shut up: Self-assessment and asymmetric information 0 0 0 18 1 4 4 51
Redesigning Intergovernmental Transfers: A Colombian Example 0 0 1 12 0 1 4 48
Redistribution via Taxation: The Limited Role of the Personal Income Tax in Developing Countries 4 13 74 769 22 78 299 2,386
Reflections on Measuring Urban Fiscal Health 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
Reforming International Taxation: Is the Process the Real Product? 0 0 1 17 2 6 9 78
SUBNATIONAL TAXATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 0 1 2 27 2 6 12 108
Smart Tax Administration 1 1 13 111 8 15 53 354
Societal Institutions and Tax Effort in Developing Countries 0 0 5 207 3 5 18 665
THE NEED FOR REGIONAL POLICY IN A COMMON MARKET 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 25
Tax Effort in Developing Countries and High Income Countries: The Impact of Corruption, Voice and Accountability 0 0 1 273 3 12 16 840
Tax Harmonization and Federal Finance: A Perspective on Recent Canadian Discussion 0 0 0 21 1 5 5 128
Tax Policy in Developing Countries: Looking Back—and Forward 1 5 17 142 3 11 33 348
Tax Policy in Emerging Countries 1 6 12 93 4 13 35 307
Taxation and Decentralization 0 0 2 75 4 6 12 178
Taxation and Development 0 0 0 121 7 10 16 312
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 3 4 114
Taxation in Papua New Guinea: Backwards to the future? 0 0 0 24 1 1 5 145
Taxing Consumption in Jamaica 0 0 0 26 1 3 9 71
Taxing tourism in developing countries 0 2 2 489 3 7 12 1,170
Technology and Taxation in Developing Countries: From Hand to Mouse 0 6 13 105 5 27 65 390
The Corporate Income Tax in Canada: Does its Past Foretell its Future? 0 0 0 9 3 5 8 43
The Economic Incidence of Replacing a Retail Sales Tax with a Value-Added Tax: Evidence from Canadian Experience 0 1 3 43 2 10 14 343
The GST/HST: Creating an Integrated Sales Tax in a Federal Country 0 0 2 10 3 6 12 57
The Impact on Investment of Replacing a Retail Sales Tax With a Value-Added Tax: Evidence From Canadian Experience 1 3 7 57 3 10 22 182
The Incidence of Indirect Taxes on Low-Income Households in Jamaica 0 0 0 9 2 2 5 293
The Incidence of the Property Tax: Old Wine In New Bottles? 0 0 0 105 2 3 8 226
The Income Tax in an Uncertain World: Pillar, Symbol, and Instrument 0 0 1 11 0 2 3 36
The Public Finances and the Technological Revolution: Comments 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 35
The Taxation of Personal Wealth in International Perspective 0 0 0 149 2 6 9 392
The Uneasy Case Against Discriminatory Excise Taxation: Soft Drink Taxes in Ireland 0 0 0 52 3 5 6 147
The Value Added Tax: Critique of a Review 0 1 1 166 2 4 6 404
The demand for local political autonomy: an individualistic theory 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12
The economic costs of US stock mispricing 0 0 0 12 0 4 5 143
The limited role of the personal income tax in developing countries 1 3 4 283 5 15 38 847
Threading the Fiscal Labyrinth: Some Issues in Fiscal Decentralization 0 0 1 72 1 9 26 194
VAT in a Federal System: Lessons from Canada 0 0 1 11 1 3 9 44
Wagner's o Law' of Expanding State Activity 0 0 0 0 5 18 57 2,269
Total Journal Articles 16 69 242 5,465 202 514 1,240 19,504


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Fiscal Decentralization and Local Finance in Developing Countries 10 32 67 302 30 87 163 812
Governing the Metropolis: Principles and Cases 0 0 0 12 4 6 7 59
Perspectives on Fiscal Federalism 0 0 2 57 1 11 23 157
The VAT in Developing and Transitional Countries 0 0 0 0 3 5 19 440
The VAT in Developing and Transitional Countries 0 0 0 0 3 11 195 2,308
Total Books 10 32 69 371 41 120 407 3,776


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Central and Subnational VATs in Federal Countries 0 1 3 23 1 3 9 60
Expenditure-Based Equalization Transfers 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 11
Fiscal Federalism and National Unity 1 1 3 32 4 7 11 143
Foreign advice and tax policy in developing countries 0 1 5 35 3 8 22 112
Introduction and Overview 0 1 14 100 2 4 24 167
Is it Really so Hard to Tax the Hard-to-Tax? The Context and Role of Presumptive Taxes 1 1 2 8 3 6 11 18
Land Taxes in Colombia 0 0 1 22 1 3 5 51
Land and Property Taxation in 25 Countries: A Comparative Review 0 3 17 129 5 18 58 349
Land and Property Taxes in Poland 0 0 0 5 2 2 3 43
Property Tax in Ukraine 0 0 0 5 2 2 3 44
Property Taxes in Mexico 0 0 1 19 1 1 5 43
Property Taxes in Nicaragua 0 0 0 8 2 5 7 35
Real Estate Tax in Latvia 0 0 0 19 1 3 4 76
Reconciling Diversity with Equality: The Role of Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements in Maintaining an Effective State in Canada 0 1 1 5 2 3 5 40
Reforming Property Taxes 0 1 6 44 4 8 13 79
Subsidiarity, Solidarity and Asymmetry: Aspects of the Problem 0 0 2 45 2 2 6 91
Sustainable development requires a good tax system 0 0 2 48 7 8 15 146
Tax Policy and Tax Research in Canada 0 0 1 283 0 1 5 1,641
Tax System Change and the Impact of Tax Research 0 1 1 10 4 6 10 44
Taxation and inequality in the Americas: Changing the fiscal contract? 0 0 2 18 17 25 35 87
The Country Studies: Comparisons and Conclusions 0 0 0 4 1 1 8 33
VAT in Ukraine: An Interim Report 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Value-Added Tax: Onward and Upward? 0 0 0 24 6 9 11 113
Total Chapters 2 11 61 886 70 126 274 3,429


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