Optimal income taxation with human capital accumulation and limited record keeping

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 612-639

  Kapicka, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; Income taxation; Optimal taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749045647     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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