Tax burden and migration: A political economy theory and evidence

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-190

  Razin, Assaf ^a,d   Sadka, Efraim ^a,c   Swagel, Phillip ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Migration; Political economy theory; Tax burden

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036095683     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00091-3     Document Type: Article

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