Zero expected wealth taxes: A mirrlees approach to dynamic optimal taxation

Econometrica

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1587-1621

  Kocherlakota, Narayana R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Capital; Optimal taxation; Private information

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744553150     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2005.00630.x     Document Type: Review

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