The taxation of financial capital under asymmetric information and the tax-competition paradox

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-106

  Eggert, Wolfgang ^a   Kolmar, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Information exchange; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FINANCIAL SYSTEM; MODEL; TAX SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 2442541399     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0347-0520.2004.t01-1-00349.x     Document Type: Article

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