This book seeks to expand analytically on standard institutionalist accounts of taxation by bringing into the explanatory framework the importance of institutional strength (not just design) as well as informal institutions (in addition to formal ones) for policy reform.

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OMAR SANCHEZ is Assistant Professor at Texas State University, USA.

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Book Title: Mobilizing Resources in Latin America
Book Subtitle: The Political Economy of Tax Reform in Chile and Argentina
Authors: Omar Sanchez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230119659
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-11446-3Published: 13 June 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-29591-3Published: 09 December 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11965-9Published: 04 July 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 245
Topics: International Political Economy, Economic Policy, Latin American Culture, International Relations, Political Science, Business Taxation/Tax Law

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Post-Pinochet Chilean Tax Policy (1989–1995): Finding Resources to Build a Social Democracy

Chilean Tax Policy Tested by New Political and Economic Conditions: 1996–2001

Argentine Tax Policy under Menem I (1989–1994): The “Tax Revolution”

Argentine Tax Policy under Menem II and De La Rua (1995–2001): Politicization, Firefighting, and Decay

Institutional Correlates of Tax Reform Consolidation: Success in Chile and Failure in Argentina

Conclusion

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