Tax competition among Eastern and Western European countries: With whom do countries compete?

Economic Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-325

  Cassette, Aurélie ^a   Paty, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Corporate tax; EU27; Panel data; Strategic interactions; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249130384     PISSN: 09393625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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