The "flat tax(es)": Principles and experience

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 712-751

  Keen, Michael ^a   Kim, Yitae ^b   Varsano, Ricardo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b Ministry of Finance   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flat tax; Income tax; Tax reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349172319     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-007-9050-z     Document Type: Article

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