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

ISBN-13: 9780367889043 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 240 str.

Osmel E. Manzano M.; 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 th

Spis treści

Chapter 1: The Taxation of Non-Renewable Resources in Latin America: Introduction and Overview

1. Commodity prices, the super-cycle and implications for fiscal revenues











2. Recent literature on non-renewables











3. Institutions and instruments: gaps in relation to best practices











4. What next for resource tax systems in Latin America?











5. Conclusions

Chapter 2: The effects of commodity taxation on sector performance

1. Methodological approach











2. Results











3. Concluding remarks

Chapter 3: Towards efficient taxation of minerals: The case of copper in Chile

1. The role of copper in Chilean Development











2. Mining sector today











3. Deacon’s Model











4. Data and parameters











5. Relevant Tax Regimes in the Case of Chile











6. Simulations of the scenarios











7. Concluding remarks

Chapter 4: Two sectors, two approaches: resource taxation in Peru

1. Institutional Setting











2. The Model











3. Data











4. Results











5. Introducing depreciation in Deacon’s Model











6. Concluding remarks

Chapter 5: Not all fields are created equal: The challenge of oil taxation in Venezuela

1. The Theory on Oil Production and Taxes.











2. The Venezuelan Case











3. Estimating the Effects upon Oil Exploitation of the Tax Rules











4. A brief review of the performance sector











5. Concluding Remarks

Chapter 6: Regulation and State Intervention in Non-Renewable Natural Resources: the cases of the oil and gas sectors i

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.