Note on convergence under income tax progressivity

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 286-299

  Pintus, Patrick ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Convergence; Open economy; Progressive taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049115109     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100507060476     Document Type: Article

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