Taxation and internal migration - Evidence from the Swiss census using community-level variation in income tax rates

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 807-836

  Liebig, Thomas ^a   Puhani, Patrick A ^b,c   Sousa Poza, Alfonso ^c,d  

^a OECD   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAX SYSTEM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34548274696     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2007.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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