Capital mobility and environmental standards: Racing to the bottom with multiple tax instruments

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 537-551

  Jinyoung, Kim ^a   Wilson, John Douglas ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capital mobility; Capital taxation; Environmental standards; Labor taxation; Race to the bottom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031498235     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0922-1425(97)00014-5     Document Type: Article

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