Regressive Taxation and the Welfare State : Path Dependence and Policy Diffusion (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
Автор:Junko Kato Год: 2003 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: [не указано] ISBN: 0521824524 Book DescriptionPolitical economists have viewed large public expenditures as a product of leftist government and the expression of a stronger representation of labor interest. The formation of governments' funding bases is a topic that has not been thoroughly explored, and this book sheds important new light on the issue of taxes and welfare. Beginning with a clarification of the development of postwar tax policies in industrial democracies, Junko Kato finds that the differentiation of tax revenue structure is path dependent upon the shift to regressive taxation. Kato challenges the conventional belief that progressive taxation leads to large public expenditures in mature welfare states.Download DescriptionGovernment size has attracted much scholarly attention. Political economists have considered large public expenditures a product of leftist rule and an expression of a stronger representation of labor interest. Although the size of the government has become the most important...
