Disparate Racial Impact: Tax Expenditure Reform Needed
Tom Neubig | 23 March 2021
Fiscal,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Income Inequality,
Tax Expenditures This policy brief discusses the issues of potential disparate racial impacts of U.S. tax laws regarding government subsidy and incentive programs run through the tax system: tax expenditures. It analyzes the available data, provides normative insights, and describes eight steps to address disparate racial impacts
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Why Governments Continue to Offer Inefficient Investment Incentives? The Role of Bureaucratic Design
Alexander Slaski and
Sarah Bauerle Danzman | 19 March 2021
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Investment,
Tax Incentives Governments worldwide use a myriad of tax incentives to promote investment and yet, there is little evidence that these incentives actually work as intended. Moreover, although the striking lack of transparency makes it hard (if not impossible) to accurately estimate their fiscal cost, the available
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How to Design Environmentally Beneficial Tax Incentives
Angela Köppl and
Margit Schratzenstaller | 4 March 2021
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Carbon Tax,
Climate Change,
Tax Incentives The fight against climate change requires effective economic policy instruments. In addition to environmental taxes, such as a carbon tax, environmentally beneficial tax incentives that favour less polluting consumption and investment activities can be used to promote climate-friendly behaviour. In search of governments around the
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The Case for Climate Objectives in Central Banks’ Targeted Refinancing Operations
Chiara Colesanti Senni | 12 February 2021
Blog,
Monetary | Tags:
Central Banks,
Climate Risk,
Monetary Policy,
Policy Coherence,
Targeted Refinancing Lines Central banks are making increasing use of targeted refinancing operations to pursue their mandates. However, so far none of them, with a few exceptions in developing economies, has aligned its targeting with the objective of a transition to a low-carbon economy. This must change. Refinancing
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Avoiding a Household Debt Crisis with a Targeted Policy Response
Gudrun Johnsen | 8 January 2021
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Covid-19,
Debt,
Income Tax,
Unemployment The economic effect of the Covid-19 pandemic varies highly across industrial sectors, education levels and income groups, adding further to inequality across the globe. This calls for highly targeted policy responses for the sake of fiscal prudence and to avoid further economic and financial hardship
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