High Inequality, Low Revenue: Redistributive Efficiency on Latin American Fiscal Policy in Comparative Perspective

John Scott

No 2213, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: There are three principal redistributive fiscal instruments available to governments in modern mixed economies: a) progressive taxes on income or assets, b) monetary transfers (social security and social assistance), and c) non- monetary transfers, or the subsidized provision of goods and services.

Keywords: Fiscal Policy and Social Spenditure Política Fiscal y Gasto Social; Low Revenue: Redistributive Efficiency on Latin American Fiscal Policy in Comparative Perspective; High Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-05
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