Designing tax policy in federalist economies: An overview

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-334

  Inman, Robert P ^a,b   Rubinfeld, Daniel L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal federalism; Political economy; Tax assignment; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030163314     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(95)01554-X     Document Type: Article

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