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The Distributional Impact of Fiscal Policy in Honduras
David Locke Newhouse
Irene Yackovlev
Mr. Robert Gillingham
出版
International Monetary Fund
, 2008-07-01
主題
Business & Economics / Economics / Macroeconomics
Business & Economics / Economics / General
Business & Economics / International / Economics
ISBN
1451914792
9781451914795
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=_WP7AFWbupcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This paper uses household survey data to estimate the incidence of tax and spending programs in Honduras. Any such exercise is fraught with difficulty, so our simplifying assumptions are carefully explained. Rather than look at tax and spending completely independently, we evaluate net incidence of major programs-such as health care and pensions-to get a more holistic evaluation of redistribution. Our results show that fiscal policy is, on balance, progressive, but that there is room for significant improvement. In particular, energy subsidies, university education and public pension programs provide disproportionate benefits to higher-income households.
