Prospects for Co-ordination of Corporate Taxation and the Taxation of Interest Income in the EU

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-153

  Haufler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

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EID: 0000254652     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.1999.tb00007.x     Document Type: Article

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