VAT attacks!

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-381

  Keen, Michael ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect taxation; Tax reform; Value added tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547340413     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-007-9037-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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