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Green Fiscal Reform Was Not Invited to the G20’s Tango Show
Michael Jakob | 1 August 2018Blog, Fiscal | Tags: Carbon Pricing, Climate Change, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Latin America
The Argentine G20 presidency has three concrete priorities: jobs, infrastructure, and food security. Strikingly though, carbon pricing was not invited for Tango. Indeed, the absence of carbon pricing as well... continue reading
The Sunday Program: International Tax Cooperation in the G20
Agustin Redonda | 20 July 2018Blog, Fiscal | Tags: G20, Tax Competition, Tax Expenditures
Christine Lagarde suggested in a recent IMF Blog that G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors should concentrate their efforts on three fields when they meet in Buenos Aires on... continue reading
Tax Competition
Christian von Haldenwang, Tommaso Faccio, Tobias Hentze, Thomas Mättig, Irma Mosquera Valderrama, Agustin Redonda, Gabriela Rigoni, Jakob Schwab and Rob Vos | 12 July 2018External, Fiscal | Tags: Corporate Tax, Tax Competition
The world is facing a new round of international tax competition that may result in a ruinous race to the bottom, undermining the fiscal capacity of states to respond to... continue reading
Tax Expenditure and the Treatment of Tax Incentives for Investment
Agustin Redonda, Santiago Diaz de Sarralde, Christian von Haldenwang, Lise Johnson, Ariel Melamud, Ricardo Rozemberg and Jakob Schwab | 12 July 2018External, Fiscal | Tags: Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Investment, Tax Expenditures
Governments use tax expenditures to boost investment, innovation and employment. However, these schemes are largely opaque, costly and often ineffective in reaching their stated goals. They also frequently trigger unwanted... continue reading
Domestic Revenue Mobilization and Tax Expenditures in Developing Countries
Agustin Redonda and Tom Neubig | 11 July 2018Blog, Fiscal | Tags: Domestic Revenue Mobilization, Tax Expenditures
Domestic revenue mobilization (DRM) is a fundamental component of any sustainable development strategy. This is particularly salient in developing countries where low DRM levels are often one of the most... continue reading
Financial Stability and Inequality: A Challenge for Macroprudential Regulation
Pierre Monnin | 5 June 2018Blog, Monetary | Tags: Central Banks, Financial Regulation, Financial Stability, Inequality, Macroprudential Regulation
The global financial crisis shed new light on the role that central banks play for financial stability. In response to the financial turmoil, central banks took radical action to stabilize... continue reading