Taxes, inequality and the size of the informal sector

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 225-233

  Dessy, Sylvain ^a   Pallage, Stéphane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Inequality; Informal sector; Infrastructure; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM; INFORMAL SECTOR; TAX SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0037330336     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(02)00086-X     Document Type: Article

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