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Designing tax policy in high-evasion economies

Best, Michael, Brockmeyer, Anne, Kleven, Henrik, Spinnewijn, Johannes, Waseem, Mazhar, (2016) “Designing tax policy in high-evasion economies”, VoxEU, 5 Ιανουαρίου

Developing economies are characterised by low tax revenue and widespread tax evasion. This column assesses what tax policy instruments governments should use to raise revenue. Optimal tax policy in developing countries may diverge from what is prescribed in standard textbook models. A turnover tax, for instance, is known to distort production decisions but may also to be more difficult to evade than a profit tax, and so can be optimal in high-evasion contexts.

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