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Book SynopsisThe rapid emergence of East Asia as an important geopolitical-economic entity has been one of the most visible and striking changes in the international economy in recent years. With that emergence has come an increased need for understanding the problems of interdependence. As a step toward meeting this need, the National Bureau of Economic Research joined with the Korea Development Institute to sponsor this volume, which focuses on the complexities of tax reform in a global economy. Experts from Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Japan, and Thailand, as well as the United States, Canada, and Israel examine the major tax programs of the 1980s and their domestic and international economic effects. The analyses reveal similarities between the United States and countries in East Asia in political constraints on policy making, and taken together they show how growing interdependence interacts with domestic economic and political concerns to affect issues as politically vital as tax reform. Economists, policymakers, and members of the business community will benefit from these studies.
Table of ContentsIntroduction, Takatoshi Ito and Anne O. Krueger Part I 1. International Interactions between Tax Systems and Capital Flows, Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka Comments: Toshihiro Ihori and John Whalley 2. The Role of Taxation in the Development of East Asian Economies, Vito Tanzi and Parthasarathi Shome Comment: Joseph Y. Lim Part II 3. Tax Reform in Japan, Masaaki Homma Comments: Hiromitsu Ishi and Charles E. McLure, Jr. 4. The Political Economy of Tax Reforms and Their Implications for Interdependence: United States, Charles E. McLure, Jr. 5. Tax Reform in Korea, Taewon Kwack and Kye-Sik Lee 6. An Appraisal of Business Tax Reform in Taiwan: The Case of Value-Added Taxation, Chuan Lin Comments: Ching-huei Chang and Kwang Choi Part III 7. The Dynamic Efficiency Effect of a Change in the Marginal Capital Income Tax Rate: The Nakasone-Takeshita Tax Reform Tatsuo Hatta and Hideki Nishioka Comments: Medhi Krongkaew and Assaf Razin 8. The Role of Tax Policy in Korea's Economic Growth, Irene Trela and John Whalley Comments: Anne O. Krueger 9. Aging of Population, Social Security, and Tax Reform, Yukio Noguchi Comments: Hiromitsu Ishi, Maria S. Gochoco, and, Charles E. McLure, Jr. 10. Bequest Taxes and Accumulation of Household Wealth: U.S.Japan Comparison, Thomas A. Barthold and Takatoshi Ito Comments: Ching-huei Chang and Hiromitsu Ishi 11. Taxation of Income from Foreign Capital in Korea , Kun-young Yun Comments: Toshihiro Ihori, Toshiaki Tachibanaki, and Twatchai Yonkittikul 12. Tax Policy and Foreign Direct Investment in Taiwan Ching-huei Chang and Peter W. H. Cheng Comments: Kwang Choi and Toshihiro Ihori
