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  • Debt, Democracy and the Welfare State

    Are Modern Democracies Living on Borrowed Time and Money?

    by R. Hannesson ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Why is it that government debt in the developed world has risen to world war proportions in a time of peace? This can largely be attributed to governments maintaining welfare expenditures beyond what tax revenues allow. But will these governments refrain from doing what is necessary for economic growth for fear of losing their electorate? ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Finance and the Good Society

    by Robert J. Shiller ...
    The reputation of the financial industry could hardly be worse than it is today in the painful aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. New York Times best-selling economist Robert Shiller is no apologist for the sins of finance--he is probably the only person to have predicted both the stock market bubble of 2000 and the real estate bubble that led up to the subprime mortgage meltdown. But in this ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

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  • The Modern VAT

    by Liam Mr. Ebrill, Michael Mr. Keen, Victoria Mrs. Summers ...
    Value-added tax, or VAT, first introduced less than 50 years ago, is now a pivotal component of tax systems around the world. The rapid and seemingly irresistible rise of the VAT is probably the most important tax development of the latter twentieth century, and certainly the most breathtaking. Written by a team of experts from the IMF, this book examines the remarkable spread and current reach of ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Taxes in America

    What Everyone Needs to Know®

    by Leonard E. Burman, Joel Slemrod ...
    Series series What Everyone Needs To Know®
    Despite their passion and fury, contemporary Americans are remarkably clueless about how their tax system works. But with heated debates over taxation now roiling Congress and the nation, an understanding of our tax system is of vital importance. Taxes in America: What Everyone Needs to Know®, by preeminent tax scholars Leonard E. Burman and Joel Slemrod, offers a clear, concise explanation of how ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Payment Systems, Monetary Policy and the Role of the Central Bank

    by Omotunde Mr. Johnson, Jean-Marc Mr. Destresse, Nicholas Mr. Roberts, Mark Mr. Swinburne, Tonny Mr. Lybek, Richard Mr. Abrams ...
    A payment system encompasses a set of instruments and means generally acceptable in making payments; the institutional and organizational framework governing such payments, including prudential regulation; and the operating procedures and communications network used to initiate and transmit payment information from payer to payee and to settle payments. This book, by Omotunde E.G. Johnson, with ... Read more

    $10.29 USD

  • Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa

    Edited by Tewodaj Mogues, Samuel Benin ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    Whereas there is plenty of work looking at macroeconomic effect of public spending on growth and poverty in Africa as well as studies of the impact of spending or investment in one economic sector on outcomes in that sector or on broader welfare measures, this book fills a much needed gap in the research looking how the composition of public spending affects key development outcomes in the region ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Saving Behavior and the Asset Price "Bubble" in Japan: Analytical Studies

    by Guy Mr. Meredith, Ulrich Mr. Baumgartner ...
    Series Book 124 - Occasional Papers
    This volume brings together various analytical studies the IMF staff has undertaken on the Japanese economy, focusing on two areas of particular interest for both longer-term economic performance and recent cyclical developments. The first is Japan's saving behavior, the second is the remarkable swing in asset prices that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Read more

    $6.79 USD

  • The IMF in a Changing World, 1945-85

    by Margaret Ms. De Vries ...
    This collection of 18 articles, originally published in Finance & Development and the IMF Survey, was written by Margaret Garritsen de Vries and constitutes a short history of the IMF's evolution. ... Read more

    $4.75 USD

  • Taxation, Inflation, and Interest Rates

    Edited by Vito Mr. Tanzi ...
    Edited by Vito Tanzi, Director of the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department, the book consists of nine studies pertaining to monetary-fiscal links in both closed and open economies. ... Read more

    $6.79 USD

  • Property Tax in BRICS Megacities

    Local Government Financing and Financial Sustainability

    by Marco Salm ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The overall objective of the book is to holistically assess the property tax systems in BRICS megacities. As megacities play a vital role within their respective countries – economically, administratively, and from a human development perspective – they experience the costs and benefits of urbanization simultaneously with major investment needs, rising poverty, and increasing congestion and ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Macroeconomic Consequences of Remittances

    by Connel Fullenkamp, Thomas Mr. Cosimano, Michael Gapen, Ralph Mr. Chami, Peter Mr. Montiel, Adolfo Mr. Barajas ...
    Series Book 259 - Occasional Papers
    Given the large size of aggregate remittance flows (billions of dollars annually), they should be expected to have significant macroeconomic effects on the economies that receive them. This paper directly addresses the two main issues of interest to policymakers with regard to remittances--how to manage their macroeconomic effects, and how to harness their development potential--by reporting the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Fund Agreement in the Courts Vol.I

    by Joseph Mr. Gold ...
    This volume contains discussions of the body of cases in which the IMF Articles of Agreement have a bearing on issues before the courts. ... Read more

    $1.75 USD