Poverty-reducing tax reforms with heterogeneous agents

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-116

  Duclos, Jean Yves ^a   Makdissi, Paul ^b   Wodon, Quentin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 34248540878     PISSN: 10973923     EISSN: 14679779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2005.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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