English Explanatory Dictionary

Tanzi effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenomenon in which a period of high inflation in a country which results in a decline in the volume of tax collection and a deterioration of real tax proceeds being collected by the government of that country.

Word forms

Tanzi effect Tanzi effects

Etymology

Named after Italian economist Vito Tanzi who explained the effect in 1977.

Synonyms

Olivera-Tanzi effect
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