Tax Evasion, the Provision of Public Infrastructure and Growth: A General Equilibrium Approach to Two Very Different Countries, Egypt and Mauritius

Feltenstein, Andrew; Abdul-Razzak, Nour; Condon, Jeffrey; Datta, Biplab Kumar

doi:10.1093/jae/eju040

Journal of African Economies

2015

DOI: 10.1093/jae/eju040

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Tax Evasion, the Provision of Public Infrastructure and Growth: A General Equilibrium Approach to Two Very Different Countries, Egypt and Mauritius

Andrew Feltenstein

Nour Abdul-Razzak

Jeffrey Condon

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Fiscal Deficits in Egypt: Is It A Macroeconomic or Politico-Institutional Problem?

Torayeh¹

2015

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This paper aims at finding and analyzing the key determinants of Egypt's fiscal deficits for the period of 1985-2013. It hypothesizes that the political and institutional factors are more important than macroeconomic variables to explain the fiscal deficits of the country in question. In carrying out the research, the paper employs ARDL technique. Findings of the study include that the growth in interest payments, public wages, and subsidy bills are the key sources of fiscal deficits in Egypt. They separately outweigh most of the gains with tax revenues. The reason for this kind of results is found to be largely due to adverse political and institutional factors prevailing in the country. In order to estimate the individual influences of the factors, we use Variance Decomposition Method. Policy implications of the research suggest that to control the future risks of fiscal deficits in Egypt, it is necessary to restrict the growth of subsidy bill and interest payments. However, more efforts are needed to reform the entire tax revenue system and its collection procedures. In addition, policy makers should adopt massive and appropriate political and institutional reform measures.JEL Classifications: H10, H20, H60, H62, C22, C50, K19, K42

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Fiscal Deficits in Egypt: Is It A Macroeconomic or Politico-Institutional Problem?

Torayeh¹

2015

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Regionalentwicklung in einem postkolonialen Inselstaat im Globalen Süden: eine empirische Analyse der Republik Mauritius mit Zensus- und Surveydaten

Dirksmeier

2017

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ZusammenfassungDie im südlichen Indischen Ozean gelegene, postkoloniale Inselrepublik Mauritius ist gegenwärtig Herausforderungen in ihrer Regionalentwicklung ausgesetzt, die in der Transformation der Insel von einer agrikulturellen, zuckerbasierten Gesellschaft hin zu einer diversen Ökonomie begründet sind. Die Verbesserung der Lebensbedingungen in allen Regionen des Inselstaates soll durch einen dreigliedrigen Ansatz der regionalen Entwicklung erreicht werden, der im Wesentlichen aus einer Sonderwirtschaftszone, dem internationalen Tourismus und Investitionen in die Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie besteht. Der Aufsatz analysiert, ob diese Strategien erfolgreich in der Verbesserung der Lebensbedingungen in Mauritius sind. Die Regressionsanalyse verdeutlicht, dass lediglich der Informations- und Kommunikationssektor einen positiven Einfluss auf die Lebensbedingungen zeigt. Er ist allerdings hochgradig sozial selektiv. Dagegen weist der internationale Tourismus einen negativen Einfluss auf die Lebensbedingungen auf, da die parallel auftretende Verknappung von Immobilien zu hohen Wohnkosten in den touristischen Gebieten führt. Die Sonderwirtschaftszone zeigt ebenfalls einen schwachen, negativen Einfluss. Der Aufsatz folgert aus diesen Ergebnissen, dass die existierenden Regionalentwicklungspfade in Mauritius ambivalent sind und vorsichtiger politischer Anpassungen bedürfen, um das übergeordnete Ziel der Verbesserung der Lebensbedingungen auf der Insel zu erreichen.

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Tax Evasion, the Provision of Public Infrastructure and Growth: A General Equilibrium Approach to Two Very Different Countries, Egypt and Mauritius

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Fiscal Deficits in Egypt: Is It A Macroeconomic or Politico-Institutional Problem?

Fiscal Deficits in Egypt: Is It A Macroeconomic or Politico-Institutional Problem?

Regionalentwicklung in einem postkolonialen Inselstaat im Globalen Süden: eine empirische Analyse der Republik Mauritius mit Zensus- und Surveydaten

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