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David Coady, and Sanjeev Gupta. "Income Inequality and Fiscal Policy", Staff Discussion Notes 2012, 008 (2012), accessed 12/7/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475504828.006

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Disclaimer: This Staff Discussion Note represents the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent IMF views or IMF policy. The views expressed herein should be attributed to the authors and not to the IMF, its Executive Board, or its management. Staff Discussion Notes are published to elicit comments and to further debate.

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Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience interested in economic policy issues. This Web-only series replaced Staff Position Notes in January 2011.

Subject: Disposable income, Fiscal policy, Income distribution, Income inequality, National accounts, Personal income

Keywords: adverse impact, Asia and Pacific, Disposable income, economy, Europe, expenditure policy, fiscal policy, Income distribution, income distribution capture, income growth, Income inequality, income quintile, income share, income tax, income-share ratio, incomes database, losses from unemployment, market income, Middle East, Personal income, pre-tax-and-transfer income, SDN, Sub-Saharan Africa, tax, taxation, transfer system economy, wage income

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