Political fragmentation and the evolution of national tax structures in the OECD

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 377-393

  Ashworth, John ^a   Heyndels, Bruno ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fragmented government; Persistence; Tax structures; Weak government hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042371971     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011210722342     Document Type: Article

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