The Spanish Fiscal Transition

Tax Reform and Inequality in the Late Twentieth Century
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-79540-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 237 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Economic History

This book provides an analysis of the process and outcomes of the tax reform, with a focus on progressivity, redistribution, and inequality. Between 1977 and 1986, Spain underwent a comprehensive tax reform which shaped its fiscal system until today. It was made in connection with the transition to democracy and indeed was understood as a fundamental part of the political change. The book situates the reform both within Spanish history and international trends in tax systems and connects it to the expansion of the welfare state and regional decentralization in Spain. The analysis reveals that the tax system failed to attain progressivity, and significant levels of fraud had a noticeable impact on inequality. Because of this, fiscal redistribution remained limited. In the new political economy of the second globalization, late democratic and fiscal transitioners were unable to emulate the path of the welfare state forerunners.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Torregrosa Hetland, Sara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Öffentliche Finanzwirtschaft, Besteuerung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wohlfahrtsökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Modern taxation and the Spanish case.- Chapter 2: Historical background: the Spanish taxation prior to the tax reforms.- Chapter 3: Needs, rationals and reasons for tax reforms.- Chapter 4: Processes of tax reforms.- Chapter 5: Winners and losers in the reforms.- Chapter 6: End results of the tax reforms.- Chapter 7: Final conclusions: the lessons learnt from Spain.

Über Autor(innen)

Sara Torregrosa Hetland is a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Economic History in Lund University, Sweden. She previously obtained a Degree in History from the University of Alicante and completed her Ph.D. in Economic History at the University of Barcelona (2016). Her main areas of work are the history of taxation, inequality, and public policies, in Western Europe and Latin America, from the late 19th century to the present.