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LEA Position Notes- Issue 1 |
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Friday, 30 July 2010 16:26 |
Lebanese Banking Sector Faces New Challenges in 2010 by Nassib Ghobril
The First Issue of the Lebanese Economic Association's Position Notes.
These short publications will contain synthetic analysis of key economic issues facing the Lebanese and Global Economy.
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Research paper: Impact of increasing VAT on poverty in Lebanon. |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 14:28 |
THE POVERTY AND EQUITY IMPLICATIONS OF A RISE IN THE VALUE ADDED TAX: A MICROECONOMIC SIMULATION FOR LEBANON by Dr. Nisreen Salti and Dr. Jad Chaaban
Abstract:
This paper examines the impact of a rise in the Value Added Tax (VAT) on poverty and inequality in Lebanon. To this end, the paper develops an empirical model based on consumer demand theory and uses only household survey data on expenditures and spatial price indexes. The simulation results using own and cross price demand elasticities estimated with an Almost Ideal Demand System show that the projected VAT rate increases will have a non-negligible impact on poverty and inequality in Lebanon, despite current VAT exemptions.
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New Piece on Too-Big-To-Fail Banks |
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009 11:12 |
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As the financial crisis keeps unfolding, concerns are being raised regarding financial regulation in general, and the treatment of large and inter-connected financial institutions that are deemed too-big-to-fail (TBTF) in particular.
Dr. Rima Turk Ariss, Assistant professor of Finance at the Lebanese American University (LAU) Business School discussed the topic of TBTF banks in an article published in Annahar daily newspaper Tuesday 14 April 2009.
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Download TBTF article in Arabic |
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