Decentralization and international tax competition

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1211-1229

  Wilson, John Douglas ^a   Janeba, Eckhard ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capital taxation; Decentralization; Federalism; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944406185     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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