Growth effects of capital income taxes: How much does endogenous innovation matter?

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 613-640

  Lin, Hwan C ^a   Russo, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 0012550512     PISSN: 10973923     EISSN: 14679779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1097-3923.00112     Document Type: Article

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