Reforming business taxation: Lessons from Italy?

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-210

  Bordignon, Massimo ^a   Giannini, Silvia ^b   Panteghini, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost of capital; Dual income system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041865373     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011224815442     Document Type: Article

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