Redistributive Effects of the Shift from Personal Income Taxes to Indirect Taxes: Belgium 1988-93

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-106

  Decoster, Andre ^a   Van Camp, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0347608776     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2001.tb00035.x     Document Type: Article

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