An Age of Diminished Taxation?

Francesco Daveri
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Karl Aiginger

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Abstract: The 20th century witnessed a world-wide rise in the size of Government, and a parallel increase in tax revenues. Over and above these long-term trends, most EU countries engaged in a "rush towards Maastricht" at some time in the 1990s. This rush consisted of abrupt tax hikes to meet binding fiscal constraints in the face of downwardly inflexible Government spending ...

Keywords: An; Age; of; Diminished; Taxation?; European; Union; Economic; Policy; Issues; for; the; Next; Decade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003 Written 2003-12-01
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