The role of corruption control in moderating the relationship between value added tax and income inequality

• Main Authors: Mustapha, Mohd Zulkhairi, Koh, Eric H. Y., Chan, Sok-Gee, Ramly, Zulkufly
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EconJournals 2017
• Subjects: HB Economic Theory; HF Commerce; HF5001 Business. Business Administration; HJ Public Finance; HJ2240 Revenue. Taxation
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/58039/1/Ramly%20Z_Corruption%20Control_IJEFI.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/58039/; http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/5124/pdf

This paper investigates the mediating role of the control of corruption on value added tax (VAT) and income inequality in the top 10 most corrupted countries. We employed quantile regression to capture the varying effects of income inequality. The results suggest that most corrupted countries with...