The inefficiency of the poll tax

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-252

  Peck, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Efficiency; Excise taxes; H21; Lump sum taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031995936     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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