Vito Tanzi

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Director

700 19th Street NW

Tax Policy Division Fiscal Affairs Department

Washington, DC 20431

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Citation 6

Corruption, Growth, and Public Finances

IMF Working Paper No. 00/182
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi and Hamid R. Davoodi
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department
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corruption, growth, bribes, investment

Corruption, Growth, and Public Finances

IMF Working Paper No. 00/182
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Aug 2009
Vito Tanzi and Hamid R. Davoodi
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department
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Corruption, Economic growth, Public finance, Investment

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Corruption, Public Investment, and Growth

IMF Working Paper No. 97/139
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi and Hamid R. Davoodi
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department
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Corruption, public investment, growth, productivity

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Money Laundering and the International Financial System

IMF Working Paper No. 96/55
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Corruption Around the World: Causes, Consequences, Scope, and Cures

IMF Working Paper No. 98/63
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Corruption, role of state, regulations

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Globalization, Tax Competition and the Future of Tax Systems

IMF Working Paper No. 96/141
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Citation 10

Public Sector Efficiency: An International Comparison

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Sep 2003
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management,Universidade de Lisboa, European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Government expenditure, Efficiency, Free Disposable Hull, Production possibility frontier

Public Sector Efficiency: An International Comparison

Public Choice, Vol. 123, No. 3-4, pp. 321-347, January 2005
Posted: 11 Aug 2005
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management,Universidade de Lisboa, European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Government expenditure, efficiency, free disposable hull, production possibility frontier

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Tax Policy for Emerging Markets: Developing Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 00/35
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Jan 2006
Vito Tanzi and Howell H. Zee
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Xiamen University
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tax policy, tax reform, developing countries

Tax Policy for Emerging Markets: Developing Countries

Posted: 20 Jun 2000
Vito Tanzi and Howell H. Zee
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Xiamen University

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Corruption, Governmental Activities, and Markets

IMF Working Paper No. 94/99
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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The Changing Role of the State in the Economy: A Historical Perspective

IMF Working Paper No. 97/114
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Government Role and the Efficiency of Policy Instruments

IMF Working Paper No. 95/100
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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The Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on the Level of Taxation (and on the Fiscal Balance) in Developing Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 88/95
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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The Cost of Government and the Misuse of Public Assets

IMF Working Paper No. 00/180
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi and Tej Prakash
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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public assets capital charges efficiency in government budget cadastres of public assets

The Cost of Government and the Misuse of Public Assets

IMF Working Paper No. 00/180
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Aug 2009
Vito Tanzi and Tej Prakash
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Budgetary policy, Public sector

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Fundamental Determinants of Inequality and the Role of Government

IMF Working Paper No. 98/178
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Inequality, Social Norms, Role of Governments, Positional Rents, Social Capital

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The IMF and Tax Reform

IMF Working Paper No. 90/39
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Reforming Public Expenditure in Industrialised Countries: Are There Trade-Offs?

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Apr 2005
Ludger Schuknecht and Vito Tanzi
European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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public expenditure, expenditure reform, economic growth, socio economic indicators

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The Demise of the Nation State?

IMF Working Paper No. 98/120
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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globalization, spillovers, government role, fiscal federalism

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A Tax on Gross Assets of Enterprises as a Form of Presumptive Taxation

IMF Working Paper No. 92/16
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Efraim Sadka and Vito Tanzi
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Globalization, Technological Developments, and the Work of Fiscal Termites

IMF Working Paper No. 00/181
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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globalization, electronic commerce, tax evasion

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Taxation and the Household Saving Rate: Evidence from OECD Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 98/36
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi and Howell H. Zee
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Xiamen University
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Globalization and the Future of Social Protection

IMF Working Paper No. 00/12
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Jan 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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globalization, welfare state, tax expenditure, regulations, taxes, public spending, social expenditure

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Tax Reform in Economies in Transition: A Brief Introduction to the Main Issues

IMF Working Paper No. 91/23
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Fiscal Policy and the Economic Restructuring of Economies in Transition

IMF Working Paper No. 93/22
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Fiscal Reform Over Ten Years of Transition

IMF Working Paper No. 00/113
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi and George Tsibouris
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Fiscal policy, fiscal reform, transition

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Faces of Convergence

Number of pages: 171 Posted: 30 Aug 2019
European Commission, DGECFIN, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Corvinus University of Budapest, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Institute of Global Affairs, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Citibank, N.A., Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Vienna Institute of International Economic Studies (WIIW), LINET, Independent, University of Debrecen, Carleton University, Erste Bank Hungary Zrt., Central European University (CEU), Central European Labour Studies Institute, International Business School - Budapest (IBS), Vienna Institute of International Economic Studies (WIIW), Technische Universität München (TUM)Deggendorf Institute of Technology, World Bank, Academy of Financial Management, Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Economics, Kozminski University, Babes-Bolyai University, Bank of Estonia, Independent, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), International Monetary Fund (IMF), European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), Czech National Bank (CNB), Center for Advanced Economic Studies (CEVES), GKI Economic Research, DG-ECFIN, European Commission, Independent and Croatian National Bank
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European Integration, EU, economic convergence in CESEE

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El papel del gobierno y la eficiencia de los instrumentos de política económica

IMF Working Paper No. 95/100
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Financial Markets and Public Finance in the Transformation Process

IMF Working Paper No. 92/29
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Tax Reform in Industrial Countries and the Impact of the U.S. Tax Reform Act of 1986

IMF Working Paper No. 87/61
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Fiscal Policy and Economic Reconstruction in Latin America

IMF Working Paper No. 89/94
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Consequences of the Economic and Monetary Union for the Coordination of Tax Systems in the European Union: Lessons from the U.S. Experience

IMF Working Paper No. 98/115
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi and Howell H. Zee
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Xiamen University
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Tax coordination, tax competition, economic union

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The Taxation of Financial Assets: A Survey of Issues and Country Experiences

IMF Working Paper No. 95/46
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi and John L. King
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and University of California, Davis
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L'Impact De Politiques MacroéConomiques Sur Le Niveau D'Imposition (Et Le Solde BudgéTaire) Des Pays En DéVeloppement

IMF Working Paper No. 88/95
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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International Coordination of Fiscal Policies: A Review of Some Major Issues

IMF Working Paper No. 88/70
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Politique BudgéTaire, Croissance Et Programmes De Stabilisation

IMF Working Paper No. 87/1
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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The Level and Volatility of Interest Rates in the United States: the Roles of Expected Inflation, Real Rates, and Taxes

NBER Working Paper No. w1167
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Jul 2004 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2022
John H. Makin and Vito Tanzi
American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Mobilization of Savings in Eastern European Countries: The Role of the State

IMF Working Paper No. 91/4
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Fiscal Policy for Stable and Equitable Growth in Latin America

IMF Working Paper No. 89/93
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi and Ke-young Chu
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department
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Theory and Policy: A Comment on Dixit and on Current Tax Theory

IMF Working Paper No. 92/15
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Increasing Dependency Ratios, Pensions, and Tax Smoothing

IMF Working Paper No. 98/129
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Efraim Sadka and Vito Tanzi
Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Dependency ratios, a pay-as-you-go, defined-benefit pension, fully funded, defined-contribution pension, tax smoothing, real exchange rate risk

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Income Taxes, Interest Rate Parity, and the Allocation of International Savings in Industrial Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 87/53
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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The Rise of the New Economy and its Implication for Fiscal Policy

Kozminski & TIGER Distinguished Lectures Series No. 2, 2001
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2007
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Le rôle du secteur public dans les économies de marché de pays en développement d`Asie. Enseignements généraux pour la stratégie actuelle en matière de dette

IMF Working Paper No. 88/7
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Vito Tanzi
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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An Explanation of the Behavior of Personal Savings in the United States in Recent Years

NBER Working Paper No. w3040
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Apr 2000 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Eytan Sheshinski and Vito Tanzi
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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