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The Marginal Cost of Public Funds in Africa

The authors use a computable general equilibrium model to estimate the marginal cost of public funds (MCF) for taxes on domestic goods, exports, imports, capital, and labor in 38 African countries. The resulting MCF estimates provide directions for tax reform in Africa. The authors investigate the M...

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Main Authors: Warlters, Michael, Auriol, Emmanuelle
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
AVERAGE TAX RATES
BENCHMARK
BENEFIT ANALYSIS
BORROWING
CAPITAL TAXES
COLLECTION AGENCIES
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONSUMER SURPLUS
CONSUMERS
CORPORATE INCOME TAX
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DATA RELIABILITY
DEMAND CURVE
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF DEMAND
ELASTICITY OF LABOR SUPPLY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUIVALENT VARIATION
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FORESTRY
GDP
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
IMPORT TARIFFS
IMPORTS
INCOME
INTERMEDIATE GOODS
LAFFER CURVE
LATIN AMERICAN
LEISURE
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MARGINAL TAX RATES
MARGINAL UTILITY
MARKET PRICES
MARKET VALUE
NET EXPORTS
NEUTRAL TAX REFORM
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTION GOODS
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SPENDING
SALES TAXES
SOCIAL WELFARE
TAX
TAX ADMINISTRATION
TAX COLLECTION
TAX RATES
TAX REFORM
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TAX SYSTEMS
TAXATION
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
TOTAL REVENUE
TRADE BALANCE
UNDERESTIMATES
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
WELFARE FUNCTION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6200534/marginal-cost-public-funds-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8611

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6200534/marginal-cost-public-funds-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8611

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