Income distribution and tax structure: Empirical test of the Meltzer - Richard hypothesis

European Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 805-826

  Borge, Lars Erik ^a   Rattsø, Jø ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Tax structure

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; TAX SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 3042686478     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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