Re-examination of uniform commodity taxes under a non-linear income tax system and its implication for production efficiency

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-188

  Naito, Hisahiro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H21; H23; Optimal commodity tax; Optimal nonlinear income tax; Production efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000278889     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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