Are consumption taxes in Brazil regressive?

This study, following suggestion from the theoretical and empirical welfare economics literature, takes total consumption expenditure as the most appropriate basis to assess the equity of consumption taxes in Brazil. The results show that, although the structure of effective tax rates is highly diff...

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Main Authors: Rozane Bezerra de Siqueira, Jose Ricardo Nogueira, Evaldo Santana de Souza
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2023-10-01
Series:Economia Aplicada
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Online Access:https://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/145208