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of informal economies can be viewed as a pernicious adaption that undermines the capacity of target states’ governments, especially democratic ones, to resist sanctions. According to this view, shadow sector ...
; and (4) the extent and character of local-level political competition. Given the scarcity of research focusing on the political economy of local government tax reform, we draw on the broader literatures ...
. However, apart from the traditional notions of cooperation/assistance and exchange of information commonly viewed as instrumental in the fight against tax evasion /avoidance, another concept has emerged ...
and fairness of informal taxes Given that informal taxes are levied and enforced by non- democratic institutions, we may expect taxpayers to perceive them as less fair than formal taxes . By contrast, however ...
to the informal economy . After five years, however, tax aid has a statistically insignificant impact on income tax revenue (which is essentially an improvement from determent). This provides some cautionary ...
but undocumented citizens and to rope in the informal sector of the economy , thereby broadening the tax base. Ghana’s current weak fiscal capacity has a lengthy history. Although Ghana was one of the fastest growing ...
cultures, institutions, and rates of tax evasion but are similarly affluent, highly educated, and democratic . Much like previous comparative experimental studies of tax compliance (Gërxhani and Schram 2006 ...
giving way to a new economy , whose main source of wealth is intellectual property, knowledge, and information .49 A century ago, one commodity was responsible for the exponential growth of an industry: oil ...
, blending aspects of commercial cases (with contract rights and duties derived from the concession) and notions of fair treatment such as found in treaty cases. 1.1.3 Income tax treaties The final setting ...
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