ENTREPRENEURSHIP-SUPPORTING TAX MECHANISMS AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCE FROM UZBEKISTAN

Zafar Akhmedov

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Zafar Akhmedov Author

Abstract

Purpose: This study examines how tax mechanisms aimed at supporting entrepreneurship contribute to regional economic development in Uzbekistan, combining micro-level evidence on compliance behavior with macro-level evidence on national and regional accounts.

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