The democratic political economy of progressive income taxation

Econometrica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-19

  Roemer, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Politico economic equilibrium; Progressive taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002715447     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0262.00001     Document Type: Article

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