Vedanth Nair
@vedanth_nair
Economist working on taxation in low- and middle-income countries @TheIFS.
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10-04-2017 21:58:02
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How can lower income countries collect more taxes? That’s a big question on the minds of many government officials and researchers. Gabe Tourek Gabriel Tourek and I offer some answers in our new paper just out in the Journal of Econ Perspectives @aeapubs aeaweb.org/articles?id=10… 1/n
EVENT: Taxing wealth in low- and middle-income countries Friday 23 August | 11am - 1pm | #IIPF2024 Arun Advani, Dario Tortarolo, Diana Hourani & chair Laura Abramovsky explore the evidence in a special session at IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance's Annual Congress. More info: iipf2024.vse.cz
Can the provision of public goods increase tax compliance? In a new working paper with Anne Brockmeyer & Juan Carlos Suárez, we study a large public investment experiment and find that local public infrastructure does not improve property tax compliance in Mexico City. 1/