Public goods and the distribution of income

European Economic Review

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1627-1660

  Kaplow, Louis ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit taxation; Income distribution; Income tax; Optimal taxation; Public goods; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PUBLIC GOODS; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 33745231206     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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