The optimal treatment of tax expenditures

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2657-2684

  Saez, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Optimal taxation; Tax expenditures

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444349747     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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