A three-input model of the spatial effects of a central-city wage tax

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-109

  Braid, Ralph M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Local income tax; Local wage tax; Spatial model; Tax differential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038793588     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1190(03)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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