Fiscal Capacity and the Quality of Government in Sub-Saharan Africa

World Development

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-107

  Baskaran, Thushyanthan ^a   Bigsten, Arne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fiscal capacity; Quality of government; Sub Saharan Africa; Taxation

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FISCAL POLICY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HISTORICAL RECORD; TAX SYSTEM;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84875813801     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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