Guidelines on searching for a Dalton-improving tax reform: An illustration with data from Indonesia

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 541-562

  Yitzhaki, Shlomo ^a   Lewis, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DALTON-IMPROVING REFORM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMY POLICY; ENERGY TAXES; EXPENDITURE REFORM; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; SOCIAL WELFARE; TAX REFORM; WELFARE FUNCTION; WELFARE IMPACT; ENERGY SECTOR; METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

INDONESIA, JAVA; INDONESIA;

EID: 0030301518     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/10.3.541     Document Type: Review

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