Taxpayers' responsiveness to tax rate changes and implications for the cost of taxation in Sweden

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 563-582

  Hansson, Åsa ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deadweight loss; Elasticity of taxable income; Tax reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548091894     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-006-9007-7     Document Type: Article

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