How work effort responds to wage taxation: An experimental test of a zero top marginal tax rate

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-134

  Sillamaa, M A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

H21; Optimal taxation and labour supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041595630     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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