Using empirical point elasticites to teach tax incidence

Journal of Economic Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 356-368

  Swinton, John R ^a   Thomas, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Point elasticity; Tax incidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039894490     PISSN: 00220485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220480109596114     Document Type: Article

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