Tagging and taxing: The optimal use of categorical and income information in designing tax/transfer schemes

Economica

Volumn 65, Issue 258, 1998, Pages 179-192

  Immonen, Ritva ^a   Kanbur, Ravi ^a   Keen, Michael ^b   Tuomala, Matti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002582605     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00122     Document Type: Article

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