The Role of Corruption Control in Moderating the Relationship Between Value Added Tax and Income Inequality

Mohd Zulkhairi Mustapha1, Eric H. Y. Koh, Sok-Gee Chan and Zulkufly Ramly ()
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Mohd Zulkhairi Mustapha1: Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
Eric H. Y. Koh: Department of Finance and Banking, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,

International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2017, vol. 7, issue 4, 459-467

Abstract: This paper investigates the mediating role of the control of corruption on value added tax (VAT) and income inequality in the top 10 most corrupted countries. We employed quantile regression to capture the varying effects of income inequality. The results suggest that most corrupted countries with lower income inequality did not benefit from VAT, but they stand to gain if the income inequality is wide. VAT seems to improve the effectiveness of tax collection, which the government can allocate the higher tax revenues for social and economic programs to benefit poor people. Our finding also suggest the extent of control of corruption and the improved governance of tax collection via VAT in our sample that consists of countries with high level of corruption are not strong enough to reduce income inequality.

Keywords: Income Inequality; Corruption; Value Added Tax (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 E62 H25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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