RESEARCH
Working Papers and Journal Articles
ICePP has published a working paper series since 1997 on public policy topics in developed and developing countries. The primary objective of this working paper series is to disseminate academic research and findings quickly—before peer-reviewed publication—to stimulate discussion, instill optimal practice, and build capacity in the public sector around the world.
Our primary areas of interest are fiscal decentralization and local governance, tax policy, and public budgeting and fiscal management in the global context. However, our working paper series is open to other public policy topics and papers that are centered on the United States, but may have international relevance.
All views expressed in this working paper series are entirely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School, or Georgia State University. All papers should be cited properly with reference to the author, institution and working paper series.
Books
ICePP has published 49 monographs and edited volumes. Many stem from our real-world technical assistance projects, like the $20 million USAID Fiscal Reform Project in the Russian Federation from 1997–2000 (e.g., Russia’s Transition to a New Federalism) or the $1.5 million World Bank Tax Policy Review Project in Pakistan during 2008–09 (e.g., The Role of Taxation in Pakistan’s Revival). Some books are broad-based overviews (such as Fiscal Policy in China and Fiscal Transition in Kazakhstan), others offer comparative landscapes (Urban Public Finance in Developing Countries and Fiscal Decentralization in Developing Countries: Global Perspectives on the Obstacles to Political and Economic Devolution), while others address important current discussion in topics like Decentralization and Infrastructure and Coercion and Social Welfare in Contemporary Public Finance.
The World Tax Indicators
The World Tax Indicators (WTI) provides tax policy researchers and specialists with an extensive data portal covering Personal Income Tax (PIT), Corporate Income Tax (CIT), and Value Added Tax (VAT)/Retail Sales Tax (RST) across a broad range of years, countries, and tax categories. It includes consistent, time-varying tax indicators, such as PIT structural progressivity and tax complexity, designed to reduce research costs and promote empirical studies on the international macroeconomic effects of tax policy. PIT data, available in Excel and STATA formats, comes with comprehensive documentation and requires registration and citation of the Andrew Young School World Indicators in any resulting publications.