IMF conditionality supports revenue collection: is it just tax rates?

Ernesto Crivelli () and Sanjeev Gupta

Applied Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 25, issue 12, 882-885

Abstract: This article examines if the observed favourable impact of conditionality in IMF programmes on revenue performance arises from changes in tax rates. It does so by studying the experience of 126 low- and middle-income countries during 1993–2013. When changes in tax rates are controlled for, the impact of revenue conditionality (and especially conditionality on revenue administration reform) not only remains strong on value-added tax collection but also, in contrast to earlier results, it contributes to significant improvements in income tax collection.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1374534

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