Feasible implementation of taxation methods

Review of Economic Design

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-72

  Dagan, Nir ^a   Serrano, Roberto ^b   Volij, Oscar ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency; Decentralization; Feasible implementation; Flat tax; Taxation methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345418355     PISSN: 14344742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100580050026     Document Type: Article

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