Company taxes in the European Union: Criteria and options for reform

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 67-97

  Cnossen, Sijbren ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0011265861     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.1996.tb00249.x     Document Type: Article

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