Household Production and the Design of the Tax Structure

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 563-584

  Anderberg, Dan ^a   Balestrino, Alessandro ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Household production; Indirect taxation; Self selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347317333     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008749809286     Document Type: Article

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