Tax competition and tax co-operation in the EU: The case of savings taxation

Rationality and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-510

  Holzinger, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EU policy; Financial markets; Savings taxation; Tax competition, tax co operation

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244485429     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463105058319     Document Type: Article

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