Base independence in the analysis of tax policy effects: With an application to Norway 1992-2004

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-252

  Lambert, Peter J ^a,b   Thoresen, Thor O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Horizontal inequity; Income tax; Tax progressivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349091200     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-008-9067-y     Document Type: Article

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