Political Connections and Tariff Evasion: Evidence from Tunisia
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- Bob Rijkers & Leila Baghdadi & Gael Raballand, 2017. "Political Connections and Tariff Evasion Evidence from Tunisia," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 31(2), pages 459-482.
- Rijkers,Bob & Baghdadi,Leila & Raballand,Gael J. R. F. & Rijkers,Bob & Baghdadi,Leila & Raballand,Gael J. R. F., 2015. "Political connections and tariff evasion : evidence from Tunisia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7336, The World Bank.
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JEL classification:
- D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
- F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
- H26 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Tax Evasion and Avoidance
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2017-03-19 (Africa)
- NEP-ARA-2017-03-19 (MENA - Middle East and North Africa)
- NEP-IUE-2017-03-19 (Informal and Underground Economics)
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