The Economics of Natural Resources in Latin America: Taxation and Regulation of the Extractive Industries

ISBN-13: 9781138085367 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 240 str.

Osmel Manzano; Fernando Navajas; Andrew Powell

Opis

This book aims to understand the trade-off between the degree of taxation overall, the profitability of the relevant industry and the amount of investment and subsequent production in the region, as well as the relevance of institutions in the performance of the sector. It focuses on economic efficiency: where Latin America stands in terms of the current tax system for the extractive sector; how policies have changed in this regard; and how policies may be improved. The argument of the book will be made by a collection of papers around the issue of tax efficiency in the region and concludes with chapters on institutions and the role of transparency.

 

O autorze

Osmel Manzano is Regional Economic Advisor for the Country Department for Belize, Central America, Mexico, Panama and Dominican Republic at the Inter-American Development Bank, USA. He is responsible for the economic work and macroeconomic monitoring of the IADB in Central America, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Fernando Navajas is Professor of economics at the Universities of Buenos Aires and La Plata and Chief Economist at FIEL, Argentina. He is currently President of the Argentine Association of Political Economy and Director of the Applied Economics Institute of the National Academy of Economic Science of Argentina. Andrew Powell is Principal Advisor in the Research Department (RES) of the Inter-American Development Bank, USA. He has published numerous academic papers in leading economic journals in areas including commodity markets, risk management, the role of multilaterals, regulation, banking and international finance.