Can international commodity tax harmonisation be Pareto-improving when governments supply public goods?

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 387-408

  Lockwood, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commodity tax reform; Tax harmonisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010113277     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(96)01478-X     Document Type: Article

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