Redistributive Taxation and Social Insurance

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-295

  Cremer, Helmuth ^a   Pestieau, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

H50; JEL classification: H23; Redistributive taxation; Social insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040806572     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00418945     Document Type: Article

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