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Tax Policy in Developing Countries
13:56, Thu 18 Mar 2021
Dr Lucie Gadenne discusses how economies and governments in the developing world differ to those of rich countries, and the associated implications for designing tax policy. She talks about the challenges of fieldwork and accessing data in the developing world, and how her research is challenging conventional wisdom about the nature and impact of consumption taxes.
Dr Gadenne is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Warwick University and Research Fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. She teaches on the MSc Economics module on Public Policy in Developing Countries.
Find out more about Dr Gadenne’s research:
Can Rationing Increase Welfare? Theory and an Application to India's Ration Shop System, Accepted, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Tax Revenues, Development, and the Fiscal Cost of Trade Liberalization, 1792-2006, (with Julia Cage), Explorations in Economic History, Vol. 70, 2018.
Tax Me, But Spend Wisely? Sources of Public Finance and Government Accountability, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 9, 2017
(MP3 format, 19 MB)