(Non-)Reciprocity as Economic Policy

(Non-)Reciprocity as Economic Policy

Natalia Ferreira de Carvalho Rodrigues, of the Fundação Getulio Vargas, offers a nuanced evaluation of one of Brazil’s most egregious fiscal policies, the Refis program for tax debt forgiveness, which the federal government has repeatedly used since the turn of the century to try to prop up employment.  Bottom line conclusion: although...