Progressive taxes, equity, and human capital accumulation in an endogenous growth model with overlapping generations

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-179

  Bovenberg, A Lans ^a   Van Ewijk, Casper ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic growth; H21; O40; Overlapping generations; Progressive taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031133946     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(96)01616-7     Document Type: Article

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