Is there a demand for income tax progressivity?

Economics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-50

  Hindriks, Jean ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D72; Income tax progressivity; Redistribution; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035598585     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(01)00459-1     Document Type: Article

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