VAT base broadening, self supply, and the informal sector

American Economic Review

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1084-1094

  Piggott, John ^a   Whalley, John ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040376036     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.91.4.1084     Document Type: Article

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