Tax competition, tax coordination and tax harmonization: The effects of EMU

Empirica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-89

  Genser, Bernd ^a   Haufler, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

European Union; Tax competition; Tax harmonisation

Indexed keywords

EMU; EUROPEAN UNION; HARMONISATION; MONETARY POLICY; TAX SYSTEM;

EUROPE, (WEST);

EID: 0030472437     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00925008     Document Type: Article

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