Tax Reform in Brazil: a Public Choice Theory approach

This article aims to analyze tax reform necessity and the barriers to the implementation of tax reform at the light of public choice theory. The research identifies the arguments that provides the explanation for the tax reform does not occur in Brazil. The question that the article searches to answ...

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Main Authors: Allan Silveira dos Santos, Erica Oliveira Gonzales, Amália Maria Goldberg Godoy, Gilmara Muniz Almeida
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2013-12-01
Series:Economia & Região
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/ecoreg/article/view/16207
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Summary:This article aims to analyze tax reform necessity and the barriers to the implementation of tax reform at the light of public choice theory. The research identifies the arguments that provides the explanation for the tax reform does not occur in Brazil. The question that the article searches to answer is: what are the justifications for the Brazil not have done tax reform? The literature review addresses the failures of government, public choice theory and the theory of optimal taxation. The evidence and studies show that there are reasons to think about a tax system more consistent with the Brazilian reality, indicating the existence of "government failures" that may be the probable cause of impairment of the tax reform.
ISSN:2317-627X