Who's afraid of an EU tax and why? - Revenue system preferences in the European Parliament

Review of International Organizations

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-99

  Heinemann, Friedrich ^a   Mohl, Philipp ^a   Osterloh, Steffen ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

European Parliament; European Union; Own resources; Tax competition; Tax harmonization; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649121721     PISSN: 15597431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-008-9046-1     Document Type: Article

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