OECD Development Centre Working Papers
The OECD Development Centre links OECD members with developing and emerging economies and fosters debate and discussion to seek creative policy solutions to emerging global issues and development challenges. This series of working papers is intended to disseminate the OECD Development Centre’s research findings rapidly among specialists in the field concerned. These papers are generally available in the original English or French, with a summary in the other language.
- ISSN : 18151949 (en ligne)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18151949
The Political Economy of Tax Incentives for Investment in the Dominican Republic
“Doctoring the Ball”
Tax incentives can be a useful tool to stimulate investment in developing countries.
However, in these countries interest groups often are able to exert considerable influence in its
management, if not its design. From a power-based approach to the political economy of tax
reform we find how interest groups work within the institutional framework to seek outcomes
that best fit their objectives. When unsuccessful, they become powerful advocates of change.
These power dynamics have important implications for the design and management of tax
incentives in developing economies.
Mots-clés: Dominican Republic, fiscal policy, tax incentives, political economy
JEL:
O25: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Development Planning and Policy / Industrial Policy;
D78: Microeconomics / Analysis of Collective Decision-Making / Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation;
H25: Public Economics / Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue / Business Taxes and Subsidies
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