Growth effects of a revenue-neutral environmental tax reform

Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-316

  Hettich, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elastic labor supply; Endogenous growth; Environmental externalities; Environmental tax reform; Optimal taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142512941     PISSN: 09318658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01234647     Document Type: Article

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