Progressive taxation in a dynastic model of human capital

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 667-685

  Erosa, Andres ^a   Koreshkova, Tatyana ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Human capital; Intergenerational mobility; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247128235     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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