Indirect Tax Incidence in Madagascar: Updated Estimates Using the Input-Output Table

Indirect Tax Incidence in Madagascar: Updated Estimates Using the Input-Output Table Harivelo Rajemison INSTAT

Introduction Recently, there has been renewed interest in the analysis of tax incidence in In part, this is motivated by the obvious need for tax reform in Africa, where revenues are small as a share of GDP (outside the economies with large mineral royalties) and the tax system is often highly distortionary, relying excessively on trade taxes and narrow commodity excises. Yet with every reform ...

Indirect Tax Incidence in Madagascar : Estimations Using the Input - Output Table

Investigating Priorities in Iran's Economic Sectors: Application of Input- Output Table

Generating effective employment opportunities is one of the principal challenges faced by development planners in Iran. If investment projects are undertaken on the basis of sectoral priorities in production and employment, the economic and social problems emanating from unemployment will be reduced, helping the Country’s process of development. In this paper, an attempt is made to identify key...

Prioritization of Economic Sectors in Kurdistan Province Based on Input-output Table

Abstract. In this research, based on the definitions and concepts of regional planning and national-regional databases, the 25-sector input-output table of 2011 of Kurdistan province was calculated using the location-quotient method. Then, based on the calculated table, the importance of the economic sectors of the province in terms of forward, backward linkages and elasticity has been analyzed...

From an Input-Output Table to a General Equilibrium Model: Assessing the Excess Burden of Indirect Taxes in Russia

The paper documents the development of a pilot Shoven-Whalley general equilibrium model for Russia based on a recent (1995) input-output table. The paper is intended to serve two goals. At first, it has a pedagogic purpose, as a guide to the steps involved in the specification and application of a computable model. A second purpose of the paper is provide insight into the current domestic tax s...