Democratisation in Tanzania: no elections without tax exemptions

Green Tax Reform in Sweden: The Second Dividend and the Cost of Tax Exemptions

This study assesses the cost of achieving pollution reductions using environmental taxes relative to using non-revenue-raising instruments. The cost of tax exemptions with or without employment constraints is also examined. Using a computable general equilibrium model of the Swedish economy a wide range of emission reduction target levels are examined. The study finds that the reduction of CO2 ...

Elections in Rural China: Competition Without Parties

Village elections in China present scholars with the case of a single-party regime that allows voters to reject candidates regularly. Using a micro survey of 698 voters in 30 rural election districts, the authors demonstrate that when some candidates can lose, voters participate. A comparison of models of voter turnout and running for office further demonstrates that even when competition is st...

No, You Cannot Predict Elections with Twitter

I n 2006, I attended a series of seminars in Madrid at which Isabel Aguilera, Google's managing director for Spain and Portugal at the time, was going to deliver an invited speech. According to one organizer, Aguilera told them in petit comité that at Google, they'd known beforehand the winner of the Real Madrid Club de Fútbol elections. Unlike most professional football clubs in Spain, Real Ma...

Ecological Tax Reform with Exemptions for the Export Sector in a two Sector two Factor Model

No . 2005 / 66 Tax Reforms in Ghana

Ghana’s tax reforms constitute the major policy instrument needed to accelerate growth and poverty reduction. Over the past two decades, the government has consistently spent more revenue than it is able to generate and the gap is often financed with foreign aid which has perpetuated the country’s aid dependency. Two options can be explored to reduce the gap between government revenue and expen...