Optimal redistributive taxation in a search equilibrium model

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 743-767

  Hungerbühler, Mathias ^a   Lehmann, Etienne ^b   Parmentier, Alexis ^b   Van Der Linden, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; TAX SYSTEM; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33745844342     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2006.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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