Indirect taxation in Greece: Evaluation and possible reform

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 511-533

  Kaplanoglou, Georgia ^a,b   Newbery, David Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BANK OF GREECE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Disincentive effects; Indirect tax reform; Inequality; Tax efficiency; Tax simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042609216     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026102606063     Document Type: Article

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