Close equals and calculation of the vertical, horizontal and reranking effects of taxation

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 381-394

  Van De Ven, Justin ^a   Creedy, John ^b   Lambert, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035621126     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00226     Document Type: Article

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