Evaluating the move to a linear tax system in Germany and other European countries

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-180

  Beninger, Denis ^a   Bargain, Olivier ^b,c   Beblo, Miriam ^a   Blundell, Richard ^d,e   Carrasco, Raquel ^f   Chiuri, Maria Concetta ^c,g   Laisney, François ^a,h   Lechene, Valérie ^d,i   Longobardi, Ernesto ^g   Moreau, Nicolas ^j   Myck, Michal ^d,k   Ruiz Castillo, Javier ^f   Vermeulen, Frederic ^l  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c CHILD   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

ⁱ WADHAM COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^j TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^k DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^l TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Household labour supply; Intrahousehold allocations; Tax reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646552458     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-006-0004-5     Document Type: Article

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