Political Competition and Tax Revenues in Developing Countries

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Building on the literature of the political economy of taxation, this article explores the relationship between political competition and tax revenues using a sample of 89 developing countries from 1988 to 2010. Owing to the inertia of tax variables, we estimate a dynamic panel data model using the Blundell and Bond two-step System-general method of moments. The analysis led to the following results: political competition positively and significantly affects total tax revenues. However, this general pattern slightly differs across the type of taxes; and the net effect of political competition on tax revenues is negative for countries that have adopted fiscal rules. © 2018 UNU-WIDER. Journal of International Development published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Yogo, U. T., & Ngo Njib, M. M. (2018). Political Competition and Tax Revenues in Developing Countries. Journal of International Development, 30(2), 302–322. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3349

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