Tariffs, enforcement, and customs evasion: Evidence from India

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 1907-1925

  Mishra, Prachi ^a   Subramanian, Arvind ^b   Topalova, Petia ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b PETERSON INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Enforcement; Evasion; Tariffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549095971     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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