Tax Setting in a Federal System: The Case of Personal Income Taxation in Canada

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-257

  Esteller Moré, Alejandro ^a   Solé Ollé, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Equalisation grants; Fiscal federalism; Personal income tax; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 19044368980     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016212110137     Document Type: Article

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