Do Natural Disasters Hurt Tax Resource Mobilization?

Resource Mobilization and Tax Elasticities in Pakistan

The paper is focused to identify shortcomings in the tax revenue collection in Pakistan. For this purpose, elasticities of different taxes were estimated. Partial adjustment and regression models were estimated to quantify the values for these elasticities. Short-run and long-run elasticities for direct and indirect taxes were identified. The results indicated that long-run revenue elasticities...

Natural Disasters

Resource Mobilization Theory: Political Movement in Egypt

This paper discusses the application of the resource mobilization theory (RMT) to clarify the activities of certain key socio-political groups and movements in Egypt up till 2011. It contends that the political movements in the country have utilized information and communication technologies (ICTs) and social networks sites (SNSs) as a tool for mobilizing people and coordinating anti-regime act...

Epidemics after Natural Disasters

The relationship between natural disasters and communicable diseases is frequently misconstrued. The risk for outbreaks is often presumed to be very high in the chaos that follows natural disasters, a fear likely derived from a perceived association between dead bodies and epidemics. However, the risk factors for outbreaks after disasters are associated primarily with population displacement. T...

poverty and natural disasters

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