Neutrality and efficiency of petroleum revenue tax: A theoretical assessment

Economic Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 443, 1997, Pages 1106-1120

  Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC NEUTRALITY; OIL DEVELOPMENT; PETROLEUM REVENUE TAX; THEORETICAL STUDY;

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EID: 0031455447     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.1997.tb00010.x     Document Type: Article

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