Why Is Capital so Immobile Internationally? Possible Explanations and Implications for Capital Income Taxation

American Economic Review

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1057-1075

  Gordon, Roger H ^a   Bovenberg, A Lans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

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