Going Where the Money Is: Strategies for taxing economic elites in unequal democracies

World Development

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-57

  Fairfield, Tasha ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative politics; Economic elites; Inequality; Latin America; Politics of policymaking; Tax reform

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC POLICY; FISCAL REFORM; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; PROFITABILITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TAX REFORM; TAX SYSTEM;

ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; CHILE; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84877133320     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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