Are some taxes different than others? An empirical investigation of the effects of tax policy in Canada

Empirical Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 183-193

  Arin, K Peren ^a   Koray, Faik ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Tax policy; VAR analysis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; TAX SYSTEM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645472727     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-005-0032-7     Document Type: Article

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