Socially improving tax reforms

International Economic Review

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1505-1537

  Duclos, Jean Yves ^a   Makdissi, Paul ^b   Wodon, Quentin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 54249162477     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2008.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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