Tax revenue performance and vulnerability in developing countries

Morrissey, Oliver / Christian von Haldenwang / Armin von Schiller / Maksym Ivanyna / Ingo Bordon
External Publications (2016)

in: The Journal of Development Studies 52 (12), 1689-1703

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1153071
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This paper addresses vulnerability of revenue to external shocks using export composition to capture economic structure and differentiating countries according to income levels, resource endowments and political regimes. This gives a richer characterisation than previous studies. Lower income countries are vulnerable to shocks, especially in terms of trade (associated with the greatest revenue loss): democratic regimes seem to be less vulnerable to revenue losses due to shocks than non-democracies whereas revenue in resource rich countries is more vulnerable to shocks (except natural disasters) than non-resource rich countries. We find a negative relationship between manufacturing exports and revenue in lower income countries.

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