Optimal taxation, economic growth and income inequality

Public Choice

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-312

  Scully, Gerald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 0037745516     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1024223916710     Document Type: Review

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