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Overview

Vito Tanzi is an independent scientist and consultant based in the United States, specializing in social sciences with a focus on political science, international relations, economics, and accounting. Their research addresses a range of topics within fiscal policy, economic growth, and governance, with particular attention to taxation, government size, and economic transitions.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • "China's economy: From past to future" (2020), published in Acta Oeconomica
  • "Pandemics and the role of governments" (2021), published in Acta Oeconomica
  • "Taxation and economic growth: A historical and agnostic review" (2023), published in Acta Oeconomica
  • "In Memoriam: Oleh Havrylyshyn" (2020), published in Comparative Economic Studies

Additionally, Vito Tanzi has contributed to edited volumes and eBooks, including a chapter in "The size of government" published by Edward Elgar Publishing in 2023. Their book publications with Cambridge University Press include Fragile Futures (2022) and Monitoring the State or the Market (2023).

Their work spans several main fields of study:

  • Social Sciences

With subfields encompassing:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Accounting

The major topics of Vito Tanzi's research are:

  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization
  • Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition
  • Global Economic and Social Development
  • Russia and Soviet Political Economy
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies

Frequent co-authors in their work include Hüseyin Şen, Ayşe Kaya, António Afonso, and Ludger Schuknecht.

Publication venues prominently feature:

  • Acta Oeconomica
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks
  • Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
  • Comparative Economic Studies

Vito Tanzi's research contributions provide interdisciplinary insights into economic and political processes, focusing on how fiscal mechanisms influence economic development and government structures. Their work also considers the impact of pandemics and the role of governments, reflecting a breadth of inquiry into contemporary global economic and social challenges.

Best Publications

  • Corruption Around the World; Causes, Consequences, Scope, and Cures

    Vito Tanzi

  • Public sector efficiency: an international comparison

    António Afonso;Ludger Schuknecht;Vito Tanzi

  • Public Spending in the 20th Century: A Global Perspective

    Vito Tanzi;Ludger Schuknecht

  • Corruption, Public Investment, and Growth

    Vito Tanzi;Hamid Davoodi

  • Public sector efficiency: evidence for new EU member states and emerging markets

    António Afonso;Ludger Schuknecht;Vito Tanzi

  • Uses and Abuses of Estimates of the Underground Economy

    Vito Tanzi

  • The Underground Economy in the United States: Annual Estimates, 1930-80 (L'économie clandestine aux Etats-Unis: estimations annuelles, 1930-80) (La "economía subterránea" de Estados Unidos: Estimaciones anuales, 1930-80)

    Vito Tanzi

  • Corruption, Public Investment, and Growth

    Vito Tanzi;Vito Tanzi;Hamid R. Davoodi

  • Reconsidering the Fiscal Role of Government: The International Perspective

    Vito Tanzi;Ludger Schuknecht

  • Tax Policy for Emerging Markets: Developing Countries

    Vito Tanzi;Howell H. Zee

  • Income Distribution Determinants and Public Spending Efficiency

    António Afonso;António Afonso;Ludger Schuknecht;Vito Tanzi

  • The Underground economy in the United States and abroad

    David L. Mengle;Vito Tanzi

  • Fiscal Policy and Long-Run Growth

    Vito Tanzi;Howell Zee

  • Corruption Around the World

    Vito Tanzi

  • Corruption, growth, and public finances

    Vito Tanzi;Hamid Davoodi

  • INFLATION, LAGS IN COLLECTION, AND THE REAL VALUE OF TAX REVENUE

    Vito Tanzi

  • Taxation in an integrating world

    Vito Tanzi

  • Corruption, Public Investment, and Growth

    Vito Tanzi;Hamid R Davoodi

  • Corruption, Growth, and Public Finances

    Vito Tanzi;Vito Tanzi;Hamid R. Davoodi

  • Public Spending in the 20th Century

    Vito Tanzi;Ludger Schuknecht

  • Fiscal Policy and Long-Run Growth

    Vito Tanzi;Howell H. Zee

  • Inflationary Expectations, Economic Activity, Taxes, and Interest Rates: Reply

    Vito Tanzi

  • Corruption, Governmental Activities, and Markets

    Vito Tanzi

  • Corruption Around the World: Causes, Consequences, Scope, and Cures

    Vito Tanzi;Vito Tanzi

  • Fiscal Policies in Economies in Transition

    Vito Tanzi

  • Roads to nowhere : how corruption in public investment hurts growth

    Vito Tanzi;Hamid Davoodi

  • Tax Policy for Developing Countries

    Howell H Zee;Vito Tanzi

  • Income distribution and high-quality growth

    Vito Tanzi;Ke-young Chu

  • The future of fiscal federalism

    Vito Tanzi

  • Globalization, Tax Competition and the Future of Tax Systems

    Vito Tanzi

  • Managing Fiscal Decentralization

    Ehtisham Ahmad;Vito Tanzi

  • Public Sector Efficiency: An International Comparison

    Antonio Afonso;Ludger Schuknecht;Vito Tanzi;Vito Tanzi

  • Corruption, governmental activities, and markets

    Vito Tanzi

  • The Impact of Macroeconomic Policies on the Level of Taxation (and on the Fiscal Balance) in Developing Countries

    Vito Tanzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ludger Schuknecht
Ludger Schuknecht Asian Infrastructure Investment
Antonio Afonso
Antonio Afonso University of Lisbon
Eytan Sheshinski
Eytan Sheshinski Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Efraim Sadka
Efraim Sadka Tel Aviv University
Alberto Alesina
Alberto Alesina Harvard University
Sanjeev Gupta
Sanjeev Gupta Center for Global Development
Hans-Werner Sinn
Hans-Werner Sinn Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Juergen von Hagen
Juergen von Hagen University of Bonn
Willem H. Buiter
Willem H. Buiter Independent Scientist / Consultant, US

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