Tax-tariff reform with costs of tax administration

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 647-667

  Munk, Knud J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Costs of tax administration; Developing; Informal sector; Optimal taxation; Optimal trade policy; Tax tariff reform; VAT

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349119878     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-007-9042-z     Document Type: Article

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