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Cover IMF Working Papers
Measuring the Redistributive Capacity of Tax Policies
Charles Vellutini
and
Juan Carlos Benitez
This paper presents a novel technique to measure and compare the redistributive capacity of observed tax (or transfer) policies. The technique is based on income distribution simulations and controls for differences in pre-tax income distributions. It assumes that the only information on the pre-tax distribution available in each country-year is the Gini coefficient and the mean (GDP per capita). We illustrate the technique with an application to the personal income tax, using a dataset of 108 countries over the 2007-2018 period.
Keywords:
Income distribution; redistribution; progressivity; personal income tax; novel technique; PIT redistribution; TRANSPLANT-AND-COMPARE method; PIT Progressive; market income Gini Coefficients; Income distribution; Income; Personal income tax; Progressive taxation; Income inequality; Global
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Suriname: Recent Economic Developments
International Monetary Fund
This report analyzes economic developments in Suriname during the 1990s. In 1990–92, real GDP recovered moderately, but inflation accelerated, reaching 58 percent in the 12 months ended December 1992, owing to a further weakening of financial policies. Interest rates became sharply negative in real terms, which initiated a gradual shift out of domestic financial assets. The external accounts remained weak, and the overall balance of payments showed deficits that were financed by a decline in international reserves and an accumulation of external payments arrears.
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ISCR; CR; company; bauxite company; customs duty; time deposit; taxable income; rate of inflation; estimated tax; sick pay; consumer goods; Standing facilities; Income; Exchange rates; Commercial banks; Global
Cover IMF Staff Papers
IMF Staff papers: Volume 18 No. 3
International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
This paper discusses the implications for credit policy of changes in the income velocity of money; it neglects other policy elements of financial programs unless they have a direct bearing on velocity changes. Control over credit expansion by domestic banks is used to influence expenditure decisions, since the availability of credit has a strong impact on expenditures on domestic and foreign goods and services and, possibly, on net capital flows and, therefore, on the balance of payments. The paper also describes some relationships between monetary and national income accounts in order to identify the changes in velocity that must be considered in determining credit policies. The relevance of incorporating lags into the demand for money function has been mentioned earlier. Lags in the formation of expectations within a country usually can be expected to change only slowly over time and, therefore, can be assumed constant in the estimation of the demand for money function.
Keywords:
SP; interest rate; tax ratio; exchange rate expectation; EEC currency; EEC country; mining share; Personal income; Exchange rates; Demand for money; Unemployment; Currencies; South America; Central America; Middle East; North Africa; Africa; Caribbean; Europe