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Title:On taxation, political accountability and foreign aid: empirics to a celebrated literature
Author:Asongu, SimpliceISNI
Year:2015
Periodical:South African Journal of Economics (ISSN 0038-2280)
Volume:83
Issue:2
Pages:180-198
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:economic aid
taxation
economic models
External link:https://doi.org/10.1111/saje.12064
Abstract:The Eubank findings on taxation, political accountability and foreign aid have had an important influence on academic and policymaking debates. Eubank has warned that his findings should not be generalised across Africa until they are backed by robust empirical evidence. This paper puts some empirical structure to the celebrated literature. The empirical evidence which is based on data from 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010 broadly confirms the Somaliland-based Eubank hypothesis that in the absence of foreign aid, the dependence of government on local tax revenues provides the leverage for better political governance. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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