The incidence of personal income taxation: Evidence from the tax reform act of 1986

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 1567-1588

  Kubik, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Personal income taxation; Tax Reform Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345868269     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00182-2     Document Type: Article

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