Political instability, capital taxation, and growth

European Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1635-1651

  Devereux, Michael B ^a   Wen, Jean François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032435057     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(97)00100-1     Document Type: Article

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