Globalization, tax reform ideals and social policy financing

Global Social Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-95

  Ganghof, Steffen ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIETIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ideas; Income taxation; Tax competition; Tax mix; Tax reform

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; GLOBALIZATION; SOCIAL POLICY; TAX REFORM; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 15544363238     PISSN: 14680181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468018105050121     Document Type: Article

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