Taxation, wage controls and the informal sector

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 293-312

  Fortin, Bernard ^a   Marceau, Nicolas ^b   Savard, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CGE Model; H0; Informal sector; O2; Regulation; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031279001     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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