On the equivalence of taxes paid by employers and employees

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 461-470

  Picard, Pierre M ^a   Toulemonde, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; TAX SYSTEM; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0010048632     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00209     Document Type: Article

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