Taxes and labor supply of high-income physicians

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-97

  Showalter, Mark H ^a   Thurston, Norman K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High income; Labor supply; Marginal tax rates; Physicians; Self employed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031256325     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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