Public finance structure and inclusive growth

Tax and spending reforms offer numerous opportunities to promote inclusive growth. There is potential for so-called win-win reforms that simultaneously boost economic output and enhance income equality. Other changes in the structure of public finances will produce benefits only along a single dimen...

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Main Author: Cournède, Boris
Other Authors: Fournier, Jean-Marc, Hoeller, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2018
Series:OECD Economic Policy Papers
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Tax and spending reforms offer numerous opportunities to promote inclusive growth. There is potential for so-called win-win reforms that simultaneously boost economic output and enhance income equality. Other changes in the structure of public finances will produce benefits only along a single dimension, while some involve trade-offs between average income gains and adverse distributional effects. Empirical analyses of the experience of OECD countries provide evidence about which tax and spending reforms influence prosperity and income distribution -- and by how much
Physical Description:48 p