From: The Wealth of the Wild: How Local Power Shapes Resource Taxes

Where does the tax money from resources in your own region go?

Understanding the flow of resource wealth connects you to the physical land you inhabit. It reveals whether your community is self-sufficient or dependent on centralized decisions.

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Look up your local municipality's annual budget to see what percentage of revenue comes from local taxes versus national transfers.

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Under fiscal revenue decentralization, local tax competition can cause green taxes to inadvertent...

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High dependence on centralized natural resource transfers, like Peru's Canon system, limits the e...

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Relying on central government resource revenue-sharing transfers actually reduces a local region'...

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The Wealth of the Wild: How Local Power Shapes Resource Taxes

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