Poverty-decreasing indirect tax reforms: Evidence from Tunisia

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-190

  Bibi, Sami ^a   Duclos, Jean Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indirect taxation; Poverty alleviation; Targeting; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846873213     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-006-8879-x     Document Type: Article

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