This paper studies whether revenue conditionality in Fund programs had any impact on the revenue performance of 126 low- and middle-income countries during 1993–2013. The results indicate that such conditionality had a positive impact on tax revenue, with strongest improvement felt on taxes on goods and services, including the VAT. Revenue conditionality matters more for low-income countries, particularly those where revenue ratios are below the group average. Moreover, revenue conditionality appears to be more effective when targeted to a specific tax. These results hold after controlling for potential endogeneity, sample selection bias, and when revenues are adjusted for economic cycle.
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Crivelli, E., & Gupta, S. (2016). Does conditionality in IMF-supported programs promote revenue reform? International Tax and Public Finance, 23(3), 550–579. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-015-9379-7
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