An evaluation of the 2003 tax reform effort in Brazil
By: WERNECK, Rogério L. F
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ArticlePublisher: São Paulo : Editora 34, jan./mar. 2006Online resources: Acesso Revista de Economia Política = Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 26, 1, p. 75-94Abstract: This paper provides an assessment of the tax-reform effort launched by the newly elected Lula government in 2003. It analyzes how he envisaged reform had to be changed and scaled down, in the wake of strong political resistance, after a failed attemp to develop a consensual proposal, fully supported by state-governors. The main effective changes are then evaluated. Challenges ahead are discussed at the end
This paper provides an assessment of the tax-reform effort launched by the newly elected Lula government in 2003. It analyzes how he envisaged reform had to be changed and scaled down, in the wake of strong political resistance, after a failed attemp to develop a consensual proposal, fully supported by state-governors. The main effective changes are then evaluated. Challenges ahead are discussed at the end
Janeiro Março 2006
v. 26 n. 1 (101)
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