Peasants versus City-Dwellers: Taxation and the Burden of Economic Development

by Raaj K. Sah, Joseph E. Stiglitz

Overview

In this book Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and co-author Raaj Sah address one of development's major issues. Most of today's countries face town versus country tensions of increasing severity, including such issues as who should pay how much in taxes, who should get how much in subsidies, and what forms the taxes and subsidies should take. This volume analyses these tensions and issues, taking into account the great diversity of institutions and economic environments observed in different developing countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199253579
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/11/2002
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Raaj K. Sah is Professor of Public Policy, University of Chicago. Joseph E. Stiglitz is Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia University. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001.

Table of Contents

I. An Introduction to Issues and Methodology1. Introduction2. The Objectives and Instruments of Government Policy and the Structure of the Economy in LDCs3. An Approach to Applied Welfare EconomicsII. Inter-Sectoral Taxation Policies4. Rural—Urban Prices in Open Economies5. The Price Scissors in Open Economies6. The Price Scissors in Closed and Partially Closed Socialist Economies7. The Soviet Industrialization Debate and CollectivizationIII. The Rural Sector8. Income Distribution and Alternative Organizational Forms within the Rural Sector9. Taxes and Subsidies on Different Goods in the Rural SectorIV. The Urban Sector10. The Impact of Urban Wag and Employment Determination on Taxation Policies11. Some Aspects of the Wage-Productivity Hypothesis that are Relevant for Taxation Analysis12. Taxes and Subsidies on Different Goods in the Urban Sector13. Tax Policy in the Presence of Migration and Urban Unemployment14. Taxation in the Urban Sector: Some Aspects of the Underlying Model15. The Social Cost of Labour16. Concluding Remarks