Indirect Tax Reform and Poverty in Albania
| dc.contributor.author | Gazerani, Alireza | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Makdissi, Paul | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-17T15:03:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-10-17T15:03:36Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2012 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-10-17 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper investigates the effects and effectiveness of indirect tax reform on poverty in Albania by using normalized consumption dominance curves method; initiated and developed by Makdissi and Wodon (2002) and improved by Duclos, Makdissi and Wodon (2008); and applying the approach on Albanian Living Standard Measurement Surveys (LSMS) data (2002-2008); to explain poverty reduction and life standard improvement expected from increasing tax on non-food expenditures and putting subsidies on food expenditures in Republic of Albania. The results are in favor of suggested tax reform policies | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23412 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | Indirect Tax Reform and Poverty in Albania |
