Reduced tax progressivity in Norway in the nineties: The effect from tax changes

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 487-506

  Thoresen, Thor O ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fixed income calculations; Gross income elasticity; Panel data; Tax progressivity measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142719920     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ITAX.0000033989.32569.5e     Document Type: Conference Paper

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