Ambiguous effects of tax progressivity - Theory and Danish evidence

Labour Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-347

  Hansen, Claus Thustrup ^a,b   Pedersen, Lars Haagen ^c   Sløk, Torsten ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b EPRU   (Denmark)

^c Statistics Denmark   (Denmark)

^d INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous working time; H24; J42; J51; Tax progression; Wage bargaining

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034178708     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(00)00004-X     Document Type: Article

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