A growth oriented dual income tax

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-221

  Keuschnigg, Christian ^a   Dietz, Martin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Financial structure; Growth; Investment; Tax reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846870134     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-006-8722-4     Document Type: Article

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