Optimal taxation, public goods and environmental policy with involuntary unemployment

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 59-83

  Bovenberg, A Lans ^a,b,c,f   Van Der Ploeg, Frederick ^c,d,e  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e MP   (Netherlands)

^f CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Factor substitution; Labour taxation; Marginal cost of public funds; Optimal taxation; Pollution; Public goods; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030268925     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2727(96)01574-5     Document Type: Article

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