Capital mobility, tax competition, and lobbying for redistributive capital taxation

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-279

  Lorz, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

D 72; F 42; H 77; Interest groups; Redistribution; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005479382     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(98)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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