How large are the welfare costs of tax competition?

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-60

  Parry, Ian W H ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal competition; Leviathan; Strategic behavior; Tax harmonization; Welfare costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037779004     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1190(03)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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