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Can Abenomics Succeed? : Overcoming the Legacy of Japan's Lost Decades »
Series: Books
Author(s): Dennis Botman , Stephan Danninger , and Jerald Schiff
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 March 2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498324687.071
ISBN: 9781498324687
Keywords: debt, investment, tax, interest, pension
Japan's revitalization plan, dubbed the 'three arrows of Abenomics,' devises a three-pronged strategy-combining fiscal, monetary, and structural policies-to overcome that country's apparent inability to sustain eco...

Fiscal Federalism in Theory and Practice »
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 September 1997
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557756633.071
ISBN: 9781557756633
Keywords: tax administration, taxation, intergovernmental fiscal relations, tax revenue, local governments
Over the past few decades, a clear trend has emerged worldwide toward the devolution of spending and, to a lesser extent, revenue-raising responsibilities to state and local levels of government. One view is that t...

International Effects of Tax Reforms »
Source: International Effects of Tax Reforms
Volume/Issue: 1988/62
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 July 1988
ISBN: 9781451964271
Keywords: tax reform, tax reforms, tax system, tax systems, consumption tax
This paper highlights the significance of open-economy considerations in the analysis of tax reforms. It focuses on domestic and international consequences of revenue-neutral conversion between income and value-add...

Fiscal Restructuring in the Group of Seven Major Industrial Countries in the 1990's »
Source: Fiscal Restructuring in the Group of Seven Major Industrial Countries in the 1990's : Macroeconomic Effects
Volume/Issue: 1995/35
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Leonardo Bartolini , Steven Symansky , and Assaf Razin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 1995
ISBN: 9781451845303
Keywords: indirect taxes, capital taxes, tax increases, tax revenues, income taxes
This paper studies the fiscal restructuring of the first half of the 1990s in the major industrial countries. It presents and calibrates a simple model of the labor market and integrates it into a multi-country mac...

The Japanese Tax Reform »
Source: The Japanese Tax Reform : Efficiency Versus Equity
Volume/Issue: 1990/86
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1990
ISBN: 9781451953701
Keywords: tax reform, tax system, taxation, indirect tax, consumption tax
Efficiency, equity (fairness), and simplicity are three key words in characterizing the principles of proposed tax reforms in many countries. The internationalization of the financial market through capital mobilit...

Factors Affecting Saving, Policy Toots, and Tax Reform: A Review »
Source: IMF Staff papers, Volume 37 No. 1
Volume: 37
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1990
ISBN: 9781451956863
Keywords: tax reform, taxes, saving rate, income tax, tax rates
This paper examines factors affecting saving, policy tools, and tax reform. The literature on factors affecting saving and capital formation in industrialized countries is reviewed, and measurement problems are exa...

Deregulation and ConsumptionSaving Dynamics in the Nordic Countries »
Source: IMF Staff papers, Volume 37 No. 1
Volume: 37
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1990
ISBN: 9781451956863
Keywords: tax reform, taxes, saving rate, income tax, tax rates
This paper examines factors affecting saving, policy tools, and tax reform. The literature on factors affecting saving and capital formation in industrialized countries is reviewed, and measurement problems are exa...

Structural Determinants of the Natural Rate of Unemployment in Canada »
Source: IMF Staff papers, Volume 37 No. 1
Volume: 37
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1990
ISBN: 9781451956863
Keywords: tax reform, taxes, saving rate, income tax, tax rates
This paper examines factors affecting saving, policy tools, and tax reform. The literature on factors affecting saving and capital formation in industrialized countries is reviewed, and measurement problems are exa...

Gaining Policy Credibility for a Disinflation: Ireland’s Experience in the EMS »
Source: IMF Staff papers, Volume 37 No. 1
Volume: 37
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1990
ISBN: 9781451956863
Keywords: tax reform, taxes, saving rate, income tax, tax rates
This paper examines factors affecting saving, policy tools, and tax reform. The literature on factors affecting saving and capital formation in industrialized countries is reviewed, and measurement problems are exa...

Dual Exchange Markets Under Incomplete Separation:An Optimizing Model »
Source: IMF Staff papers, Volume 37 No. 1
Volume: 37
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1990
ISBN: 9781451956863
Keywords: tax reform, taxes, saving rate, income tax, tax rates
This paper examines factors affecting saving, policy tools, and tax reform. The literature on factors affecting saving and capital formation in industrialized countries is reviewed, and measurement problems are exa...