Vertical externalities in tax setting: Evidence from gasoline and cigarettes

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 383-398

  Besley, Timothy J ^a   Rosen, Harvey S ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarette taxes; Gasoline taxes; H23; H72; H73

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032324696     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00041-3     Document Type: Article

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