Theoretically robust but empirically invalid? An experimental investigation into tax equivalence

Economic Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 719-734

  Kerschbamer, Rudolf ^a   Kirchsteiger, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Social norms; Tax equivalence; Tax incidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034340487     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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