Holdings: Subnational Taxation in Developing Countries : A Review of the Literature

Subnational Taxation in Developing Countries : A Review of the Literature

This paper reviews the literature on tax assignment in decentralized countries. Ideally, own-source revenues should be sufficient to enable at least the richest subnational governments to finance from their own resources all locally-provided servic...

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Main Author:	Bird, Richard M.
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADDED TAX ADDED TAXES ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BENEFICIARIES BETTERMENT CHARGES BORROWING BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUSINESS TAX BUSINESS TAXES CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAPITALS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CENTRAL REVENUES CENTRAL TAXES CENTRAL TRANSFERS CENTRALIZING CITIES COASTAL PROVINCES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPLIANCE COSTS CONSUMPTION TAX CONSUMPTION TAXES CORPORATE INCOME TAX CORPORATE INCOME TAXES DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFERENTIALS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES EQUALIZATION EXCISE TAXES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURE ASSIGNMENT EXPENDITURE DECENTRALIZATION EXPENDITURE RESPONSIBILITIES EXPENDITURES EXPORTERS FEDERAL COUNTRIES FEDERAL COUNTRY FEDERAL TAX FEDERALISM FINANCES FINANCIAL CRISIS FISCAL AUTONOMY FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL DISCIPLINE FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL INSTITUTIONS FISCAL REFORMS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNORS IMMOVABLE PROPERTY INCOME TAXES INEFFICIENT TAX INFLATION INSTRUMENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL ARRANGEMENTS INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL RELATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL FISCAL TRANSFERS INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS LAND USE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT LEVIES LEVY LICENSES LOAN LOCAL AUTONOMY LOCAL BUSINESS LOCAL CAPACITIES LOCAL CAPACITY LOCAL EXPENDITURES LOCAL FINANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES LOCAL REVENUE LOCAL SPENDING LOCAL TAXATION LOCAL TAXES MACROECONOMIC CONTROL MACROECONOMIC IMBALANCES MACROECONOMIC PROBLEMS MAYORS MONETARY FUND NATIONAL TAXES NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES PAYROLL TAX PAYROLL TAXES PERSONAL INCOME PERSONAL INCOME TAX PERSONAL INCOME TAXES POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY CHOICES POLICY OUTCOMES POLICY PROCESS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL STABILITY PORTFOLIO PRIVATE SECTOR PROPERTY OWNERSHIP PROPERTY TAX PROPERTY TAXES PROVINCE PROVINCES PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS PROVINCIAL SALES PROVINCIAL SALES TAXES PROVINCIAL TAXES PUBLIC PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC REVENUES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING REAL PROPERTY REAL PROPERTY TAX REAL PROPERTY TAXES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RETURNS REVENUE ADEQUACY REVENUE ASSIGNMENT REVENUE ASSIGNMENTS REVENUE COLLECTIONS REVENUE MOBILIZATION REVENUE SHARING REVENUE SOURCES SALES TAX SALES TAXES SMALL TOWNS SOCIAL CAPITAL STREETS SUBNATIONAL SUBNATIONAL AUTHORITIES SUBNATIONAL EXPENDITURES SUBNATIONAL FINANCE SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SUBNATIONAL UNITS TAX TAX ADMINISTRATION TAX ASSIGNMENT TAX AUTHORITY TAX AUTONOMY TAX BASE TAX BASES TAX BURDEN TAX COMPETITION TAX COMPLIANCE TAX DECENTRALIZATION TAX DIFFERENTIALS TAX EXPORTING TAX MEASURES TAX OFFICIALS TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAX SHARING TAX SHARING ARRANGEMENTS TAX STRUCTURE TAX SYSTEM TAX TABLE TAXATION TAXES ON PROPERTY TAXPAYERS TRANSPARENCY USER CHARGES VALUATION
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Subnational Taxation in Developing Countries : A Review of the Literature

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