The welfare effect on different income groups of indirect tax changes and inflation in New Zealand

Economic Record

Volumn 74, Issue 227, 1998, Pages 373-383

  Creedy, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLATION; TAX SYSTEM; WELFARE IMPACT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032424460     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1998.tb01932.x     Document Type: Article

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