The spread of the flat tax in Eastern Europe: A comparative study

Eastern European Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 49-67

  Evans, Anthony John ^a   Aligica, Paul Dragos ^b  

^a ESCP EUROPE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; POST-COMMUNISM; SOCIAL POLICY; TAX SYSTEM;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 44849104920     PISSN: 00128775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/EEE0012-8775460303     Document Type: Review

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