ACE versus CBIT: Which is better for investment and welfare?

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 294-328

  Radulescu, Doina Maria ^a   Stimmelmayr, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capital income taxation; Computable general equilibrium modelling; Welfare analysis

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; TAX REFORM; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 34547882072     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifm011     Document Type: Article

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