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Poverty and Tax Incidence in West Malaysia

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  • Fuat M. Andic

    (University of Puerto Rico)

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The paper is a study of the incidence of the tax system upon households below a predetermined poverty line, with special emphasis on the rural poor. Com-paring households below the poverty line to above it, it finds the federal tax system of Malaysia to be progressive. But since the poor pay only a small fraction of total taxes, it finds limited scope for an effective tax policy to improve the economic conditions of the rural poor. It, therefore, corroborates the by now widely held view that expenditure policy is more effective than tax policy in significantly improving the relative position of the poor.

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  • Fuat M. Andic, 1977. "Poverty and Tax Incidence in West Malaysia," Public Finance Review, , vol. 5(3), pages 329-350, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:5:y:1977:i:3:p:329-350
    DOI: 10.1177/109114217700500303
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    1. Snodgrass, Donald R, 1974. "The Fiscal System as an Income Redistributor in West Malaysia," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 29(1), pages 56-76.
    2. Meerman, Jacob, 1975. "Income Redistribution in West Malaysia and Recent Empirical Work on Budget Incidence: A Comment," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 30(1), pages 131-135.
    3. Castellino, Onorato, 1971. "Income Redistribution through Old-Age Pensions: Problems of its Definition and Measurement," Public Finance = Finances publiques, , vol. 26(3), pages 457-471.
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