Optimal flat-rate taxes on capital-a re-examination of Lucas' supply side model

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 289-305

  Grüner, Hans Peter ^a   Heer, Burkhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; TAX SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034106247     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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