Private Investment in Mexico
Private Investment in Mexico

Author: Alberto R. Musalem

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 37

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In 1985, Mexico shifted to a growth strategy based on private investment and exports rather than on import substitution and public sector investment. The policy implications of this study are that to increase investment, Mexico should follow policies aimed at reducing investment adjustment costs and increasing factor mobility and credibility in the program of structural reforms rather than at subsidizing investment.

The Treatment of Companies Under Cash Flow Taxes
The Treatment of Companies Under Cash Flow Taxes

Author: Emil McKee Sunley

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 47

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Cash flow taxes eliminate many of the problems of the corporate income tax, but they have significant administrative, transitional, and international problems, especially for developing countries.

Tax Holidays and Investment
Tax Holidays and Investment

Author: Jack M. Mintz

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 47

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The tax holiday -- designed to encourage capital investments -- actually penalizes long -term investments in some countries with high inflation rates and relatively fast writeoffs for depreciable capital.