Tax competition when governments lack commitment: Excess capacity as a countervailing threat

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1508-1519

  Janeba, Eckhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0000365987     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.5.1508     Document Type: Article

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