On the distributional effects of reducing capital taxes

International Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 523-554

  Domeij, David ^a   Heathcote, Jonathan ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442513986     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2004.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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