Tax incentives for business investment: A primer for policy makers in developing countries

World Development

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1497-1516

  Zee, Howell H ^a   Stotsky, Janet G ^a   Ley, Eduardo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Business investment; Foreign direct investment; Tax incentives; Transparency

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; INVESTMENT; POLICY MAKING; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 0036754551     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(02)00050-5     Document Type: Article

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