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  • Tax Biases to Debt Finance: Assessing the Problem, Finding Solutions

    by Ruud A. Mooij ...
    Series Book 11 - IMF Staff Discussion Notes
    The note will pursue one of the major themes of the Fund’s report on financial taxation to the G20 and its work on taxation and the crisis: the importance of paying more attention to the tax biases favoring the use of debt rather than equity finance, notably through the deductibility against corporation income tax of interest payments but not the return to equity. It will assess evidence on the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Inequality and Fiscal Policy

    by Benedict Mr. Clements, Ruud Mooij, Sanjeev Mr. Gupta, Michael Mr. Keen ...
    The sizeable increase in income inequality experienced in advanced economies and many parts of the world since the 1990s and the severe consequences of the global economic and financial crisis have brought distributional issues to the top of the policy agenda. The challenge for many governments is to address concerns over rising inequality while simultaneously promoting economic efficiency and ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change: A Guide for Policymakers

    by Ian W.H. Parry, Ruud A. de Mooij, Michael Keen ...
    Efforts to control atmospheric accumulations of greenhouse gases that threaten to heat up the planet are in their infancy. Although the IMF is not an environmental organization, environmental issues matter for the organization's mission when they have major implications for macroeconomic performance and fiscal policy. Climate change clearly passes both these tests. This volume provides practical ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Raising the Consumption Tax in Japan: Why, When, How?

    by Kenneth Mr. Kang, Michael Mr. Keen, Mahmood Pradhan, Ruud A. Mooij ...
    Series Book 11 - IMF Staff Discussion Notes
    The note will make the case for a substantial increase in the VAT in Japan as a core measure of fiscal consolidation, assess its macroeconomic impact (on real activity and inflationary expectations), consider key elements in its design and implementation (dealing with the distributional consequences; ‘big-bang’ versus preannounced step increases); the importance of retaining a single rate and ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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  • Climate Change Justice

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  • Generating Electricity in a Carbon-Constrained World

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  • The Doom Loop in the Financial Sector

    And Other Black Holes of Risk

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  • Globalization And Growth: Implications For A Post-Crisis World

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