Tax burden, government expenditures and income distribution in Brazil

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 345-358

  Baer, Werner ^a   Galvão Jr , Antonio Fialho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Government expenditures; Income distribution; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649086740     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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