Essays in Public Finance and Development Economics

This dissertation comprises three chapters. The first chapter investigates whether consumers can help governments improve firm compliance with the Value Added Tax. It exploits quasi-experimental variation from a government program from Sao Paulo, Brazil that created monetary rewards for consumers t...

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Main Author: Naritomi, Joana
Other Authors: Chetty, Raj
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11504
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274276