Capital mobility and tax competition

Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-62

  Fuest, Clemens ^a   Huber, Bernd ^b   Mintz, Jack ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33847069709     PISSN: 15479846     EISSN: 15479854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0700000001     Document Type: Review

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