The limited role of the personal income tax in developing countries

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 928-946

  Bird, Richard M ^a   Zolt, Eric M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption tax; Income tax; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 29944441498     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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