Income segregation and local progressive taxation: Empirical evidence from Switzerland

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 429-458

  Schmidheiny, Kurt ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrete choice; Fiscal federalism; Location choice; Progressive taxation; Segregation; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644453348     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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