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The Elgar Guide to Tax Systems

The Elgar Guide to Tax Systems

Author: Emilio Albi; Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9780857933881
Published In: October 2011
Format: Hardback , 480 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Tax systems have changed considerably in the past three decades. These fundamental changes have been the result of economic globalization, new political stances, and also of developments in public finance thought. The chapters in this volume offer a critical review of those changes from the perspectives of tax theory, policy and tax administration practice, and the political economy of taxation. The authors also consider what sort of reforms are worth undertaking in tax policy design, tax administration and enforcement, and the assignment of sub-national taxes.

In this volume, renowned public finance scholars analyze the state of taxes in the world, including tax systems in OECD countries as well as the current trends and types of taxation, such as direct versus indirect taxation, personal income tax, corporate income tax, value-added tax and others tried and re-tried all over the world amidst political realities which make public finance – and the institutions used to administer it – of critical importance to emerging and to established economies.

Economists in academia, government, and business along with tax lawyers and policymakers will find this volume an invaluable resource.

Introduction
Emilio Albi and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

1. Tax Systems in the OECD: Recent Evolution, Competition, and Convergence
Vito Tanzi

2. Direct versus Indirect Taxation: Trends, Theory, and Economic Significance
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Violeta Vulovic and Yongzheng Liu

3. Individual Income Taxation: Income, Consumption, or Dual?
Robin Boadway

4. The Challenges of Corporate Income Taxes in a Globalized World
Emilio Albi

5. Wealth and Wealth Transfer Taxation: A Survey
Helmuth Cremer and Pierre Pestieau

6. Value-Added Tax: Onward and Upward?
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Richard M. Bird

7. The Economics of Excise Taxation
Sijbren Cnossen

8. The Scale and Scope of Environmental Taxation
Agnar Sandmo

9. Financing Subnational Governments with Decentralized Taxes
Roy Bahl

10. The Administration of Tax Systems
John Hasseldine

11. Political Regimes, Institutions, and the Nature of Tax Systems
Stanley L. Winer, Lawrence W. Kenny, and Walter Hettich

12. Tax System Change and the Impact of Tax Research
Richard M. Bird

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Edited by Emilio Albi, Professor of Public Finance, University of Madrid (Complutense), Spain and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Regents Professor of Economics and Director, International Studies Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, US