Effect of the Quality of Institutions on the Tax Structure in West African Economic and Monetary Union Countries (WAEMU)

Aichatou Mourfou; Idrissa Mohamed Ouedraogo

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Effect of the Quality of Institutions on the Tax Structure in West African Economic and Monetary Union Countries (WAEMU)

Aichatou Mourfou, Idrissa Mohamed Ouedraogo

Published in Journal of Business and Economic Development (Volume 6, Issue 1)

Received: 5 January 2021 Accepted: 18 January 2021 Published: 25 January 2021

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The objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of the quality of institutions on the different types of tax revenues, in particular on the total tax revenue, the direct tax revenue, the domestic indirect tax revenue and the trade tax revenue. The econometric analysis used the Pooled Mean Group (PMG) estimator over the period from 1996 to 2015. The results of the estimates show that in the WAEMU zone, the quality of institutions has a positive and significant effect on all types of tax revenues except for trade tax revenue. These results are robust because they do not change according to the different indicators used to measure the quality of institutions. Furthermore, overall, GDP per capita positively and significantly affects total and indirect domestic tax revenue, while it has a negative effect on direct tax revenue. Trade openness has a positive and significant effect on all types of tax revenues, except for indirect domestic tax revenue. The share of agriculture has a positive and significant effect on all types of revenue except trade tax revenue. Inflation has a negative and significant effect on all types of tax revenues. The share of natural resources and the size of the informal sector show mixed results.

Published in	Journal of Business and Economic Development (Volume 6, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.jbed.20210601.11
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Total Tax Revenue, Direct Tax Revenue, Domestic Indirect Tax Revenue, Trade Tax Revenue, Quality of Institutions, PMG, WAEMU

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Aichatou Mourfou

Department of Economics and Management, University Thomas Sankara, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso
Idrissa Mohamed Ouedraogo

PhD School, University Aube Nouvelle, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso

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