Tax efficiency in selected Indian states

Empirical Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 641-654

  Jha, Raghbendra ^a   Mohanty, M S ^b   Chatterjee, Somnath ^b   Chitkara, Puneet ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

^b RESERVE BANK OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Moral hazard and grant design; Tax efficiency

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TAX SYSTEM;

INDIA;

EID: 0033379662     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810050077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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