Strategic tax competition in Switzerland: Evidence from a panel of the Swiss cantons

German Economic Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-114

  Feld, Lars P ^a   Reulier, Emmanuelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Personal income taxes; Strategic tax setting; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISCAL POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TAX SYSTEM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 59049091933     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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