The Earned Income Tax Credit: Helping Families at a Surprisingly Low Cost
Jacob Bastian | 29 November 2018
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Inequality,
Poverty,
Tax Expenditures Amid growing concerns over stagnant rates of intergenerational mobility, little to no wage growth for low-skilled workers, and declining rates of labor force participation, policymakers are interested in approaches to strengthen incentives to work, increase household income for disadvantaged families, and increase children’s economic opportunity.
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International Economic Cooperation in Troubled Times: A Call for Strong Action by the G20
Axel Berger,
Uri Dadush,
Andreas Freytag,
Simon Evenett,
Christian von Haldenwang,
Ricardo Meléndez Ortiz,
Raúl Ochoa,
Agustin Redonda and
Karl P. Sauvant | 26 November 2018
Blog,
Fiscal,
Trade | Tags:
Employment,
G20,
Investment,
Protectionism,
Services Trade,
Tax Competition,
Tax Expenditures The leaders of the G20 will meet on 30 November and 1 December in Buenos Aires for their annual summit. They need to acknowledge that the last two years have been characterized by strong headwinds for the world economy. This time, however, it is not
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Assessing Tax Expenditure Reporting in G20 and OECD Economies
Agustin Redonda and
Tom Neubig | 6 November 2018
Discussion Notes,
Fiscal | Tags:
G20,
OECD,
Tax Expenditures Governments worldwide pursue public policy objectives through direct spending and tax expenditures (TEs). Interestingly though, and despite their significant impact on government budgets, TEs are opaque and very often not subject to the same level of scrutiny in the budget process as direct spending. This
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Are Tax Incentives in Nigeria Attracting Investment or Giving Away Revenue?
Mustapha Ndajiwo | 16 August 2018
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Tax Competition,
Tax Expenditures For over a decade, Nigeria, like so many developing countries, has been granting a number of tax incentives to multinational companies in a bid to attract foreign direct investment. Proponents of the incentives argue that the measures are vital to the development of the economy,
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Green Fiscal Reform Was Not Invited to the G20’s Tango Show
Michael Jakob | 1 August 2018
Blog,
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 as green fiscal reform among the list of priorities within this year’s agenda jeopardizes the
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