The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.
The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.
Numerous studies have tried to explain the financial behaviour of firms based on different theories. Despite the vast and rich literature, only in the last decade has attention also been focused on emerging economies. In the first place, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of the capital structure in an emerging economy, such as that of the Dominican Republic, testing the sustainability of the trade-off and pecking order theories. Secondly, we also investigated the impact of tax policy on the financial behaviour of businesses. In this perspective, this study overcomes the distorting problems associated with estimating the tax variable, as it uses data from each company's tax returns. The data were provided by the Ministry of Finance to the World Bank as part of a collaboration on the analysis of fiscal policy. A fixed-effects (FE) estimation technique has been employed to analyse the financial structure of companies. Overall, the results show that the individual determinants have a strong ability to explain the capital structure of companies, also highlighting that, in some cases, the fiscal variable influences the financial behaviour of companies
SYNTHESE Un ensemble de données sur les principaux indicateurs macroéconomiques, construit après plusieurs missions d'enquête, et les méthodes de la Banque mondiale sur la comptabilisation de la richesse sont à la base de cette étude quantitative sur la richesse de la Mauritanie, qui est estimée se situer entre 50 et 60 milliards de dollars américains. La richesse produite par le pays représente environ 12 pour cent de la richesse totale, beaucoup moins que dans les pays à revenu moyen inférieur; En revanche, la richesse naturelle représente environ 45 pour cent du chiffre total. Les ressources renouvelables représentent un peu moins de deux tiers de l'ensemble des richesses naturelles. La pêche seule est égale à environ un quart de toute la richesse naturelle. Ce sont de bonnes nouvelles pour la Mauritanie, car une bonne gestion de ces ressources peut assurer un flux constant de revenu à l'avenir et, par conséquent -avec des politiques adéquates -d'atteindre les mêmes niveaux de bien-être (ou des niveaux plus élevés) pour les générations futures. Cependant, le ratio de l'épargne nette ajustée sur le revenu national brut est estimé avoir enregistré des valeurs négatives depuis 2006, ce qui signifie que la richesse du pays est en train de s'épuiser. La Mauritanie a récemment rejoint les rangs des pays à revenu intermédiaire, tranche inférieure, en grande partie grâce à sa grande dotation en ressources naturelles. Au fil du temps le secteur minier a contribué de façon remarquable à l'augmentation du produit intérieur brut, et d'importantes découvertes continuent d'être faites. L'objectif primordial de cet exercice de comptabilisation de la richesse est donc de aider la Mauritanie à mieux mesurer ses stocks de façon quantitative ainsi qu'à obtenir une image plus complète sur les perspectives de revenus futurs, afin de mieux orienter les politiques publiques vers la croissance durable et la prospérité partagée. Le document se termine par des recommandations stratégiques indicatives.
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