Can capital income taxes survive? And should they?

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-228

  Sørensen, Peter Birch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Capital income taxation; Corporate income tax; International taxation; Tax reform

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC THEORY; INCOME; TAX REFORM; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 34547350077     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifm010     Document Type: Article

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