Commodity Taxation and Social Welfare: The Generalized Ramsey Rule

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 295-316

  Coady, David ^a   Drèze, Jean ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Commodity taxation; Efficiency; Redistribution; Shadow prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 19044363775     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016240915589     Document Type: Article

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