Taxation of international private capital flows and securities transactions in developing countries: Do public finance considerations augment the macroeconomic dividends?

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-497

  Grabel, Ilene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Development policy; Macroeconomic stability; Securities transactions taxes; Stock markets; Tax revenue; Taxation of international private capital flows

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; DEVELOPING WORLD; PENSION SYSTEM; PUBLIC SPENDING; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 26844560772     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692170500213368     Document Type: Article

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