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The Spanish Fiscal Transition


The Spanish Fiscal Transition

Tax Reform and Inequality in the Late Twentieth Century
Palgrave Studies in Economic History

von: Sara Torregrosa Hetland

106,99 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 18.09.2021
ISBN/EAN: 9783030795412
Sprache: englisch

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<p>This book provides an analysis of the process and outcomes of the tax reform,&nbsp;with a focus on progressivity, redistribution, and inequality. Between 1977 and&nbsp;1986, Spain underwent a comprehensive tax reform which shaped its fiscal&nbsp;system until today. It was made in connection with the transition to democracy&nbsp;and indeed was understood as a fundamental part of the political change. The&nbsp;book situates the reform both within Spanish history and international trends in&nbsp;tax systems and connects it to the expansion of the welfare state and regional&nbsp;decentralization in Spain. The analysis reveals that the tax system failed to attain&nbsp;progressivity, and significant levels of fraud had a noticeable impact on inequality.&nbsp;Because of this, fiscal redistribution remained limited. In the new political&nbsp;economy of the second globalization, late democratic and fiscal transitioners&nbsp;were unable to emulate the path of the welfare state forerunners.</p>
Chapter 1: Modern taxation and the Spanish case.- Chapter 2: Historical background: the Spanish taxation prior to the tax reforms.- Chapter 3: Needs, rationals and reasons for tax reforms.- Chapter 4: Processes of tax reforms.- Chapter 5: Winners and losers in the reforms.- Chapter 6: End results of the tax reforms.- Chapter 7: Final conclusions: the lessons learnt from Spain.
<p><b>Sara Torregrosa Hetland</b> is a researcher and lecturer at the Department of&nbsp;Economic History in Lund University, Sweden. She previously obtained a Degree&nbsp;in History from the University of Alicante and completed her Ph.D. in Economic&nbsp;History at the University of Barcelona (2016). Her main areas of work are the&nbsp;history of taxation, inequality, and public policies, in Western Europe and Latin&nbsp;America, from the late 19th century to the present.<br></p>
<p>“In this essential book, Sara Torregrosa transforms our perception of the tax reform of the Spanish democracy. She shows that, in the reality of tax collection, progressivity and tax fraud did not change so much as to reduce tax inequality and improve the distribution of income, after taxes and transfers. In this way, the book points towards a relative failure of the Welfare State in Spain.”</p><p>-- <b>Francisco Comín</b>, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>”Sara Torregrosa Hetland’s excellent book, <i>The Spanish Fiscal Transition</i> is an insightful study of the modern history of the Spanish tax system. But it is much more than that. This book explores the dilemmas and constraints that all modernizing states face when trying to build a comprehensive tax system in the context of an increasingly competitive and fluid international economy. This book also helps explain how and why the broad preferences of citizens are so difficult to achieve in Spainand, indeed, in virtually any country today. In short, this impressive monograph should be of interest to students of taxation and political economy as well as those interested in understanding why countries like Spain have such difficulty achieving their stated aims as they move into the 21st century. ”</p><p> </p><p>-- <b>Sven Steinmo</b>, Professor,University of Colorado, Boulder</p><p>This book provides an analysis of the process and outcomes of the tax reform,&nbsp;with a focus on progressivity, redistribution, and inequality. Between 1977 and&nbsp;1986, Spain underwent a comprehensive tax reform which shaped its fiscal&nbsp;system until today. It was made in connection with the transition to democracy&nbsp;and indeed was understood as a fundamental part of the political change. The&nbsp;book situates the reform both within Spanish history and international trends in&nbsp;tax systems and connects it to the expansion of the welfare state and regional&nbsp;decentralization in Spain. The analysis reveals that the tax system failed to attain&nbsp;progressivity, and significant levels of fraud had a noticeable impact on inequality.&nbsp;Because of this, fiscal redistribution remained limited. In the new political&nbsp;economy of the second globalization, late democratic and fiscal transitioners&nbsp;were unable to emulate the path of the welfare state forerunners.<br></p><div><b>Sara Torregrosa Hetland</b> is a researcher and lecturer at the Department of&nbsp;Economic History in Lund University, Sweden. She previously obtained a Degree&nbsp;in History from the University of Alicante and completed her Ph.D. in Economic&nbsp;History at the University of Barcelona (2016). Her main areas of work are the&nbsp;history of taxation, inequality, and public policies, in Western Europe and Latin&nbsp;America, from the late 19th century to the present.<br></div>
Provides an analysis of the process and outcomes of the tax reform, with a focus on progressivity, redistribution, and inequality Situates the reform both within Spanish history and international trends in tax systems Connects it to the expansion of the welfare state and regional decentralization in Spain
<p>“In this essential book, Sara Torregrosa transforms our perception of the tax reform of the Spanish democracy. She shows that, in the reality of tax collection, progressivity and tax fraud did not change so much as to reduce tax inequality and improve the distribution of income, after taxes and transfers. In this way, the book points towards a relative failure of the Welfare State in Spain.”</p>

<p>-- <b>Francisco Comín</b>, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid</p>

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”Sara Torregrosa Hetland’s excellent book, <i>The Spanish Fiscal Transition</i> is an insightful study of the modern history of the Spanish tax system. But it is much more than that. This book explores the dilemmas and constraints that all modernizing states face when trying to build a comprehensive tax system in the context of an increasingly competitive and fluid international economy. This book also helps explain how and why the broad preferences of citizens are so difficult to achieve in Spain and, indeed, in virtually any country today. In short, this impressive monograph should be of interest to students of taxation and political economy as well as those interested in understanding why countries like Spain have such difficulty achieving their stated aims as they move into the 21st century. ”<p></p>

<p>-- <b>Sven Steinmo</b>, Professor,University of Colorado, Boulder</p>

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