The optimal income taxation of couples

Econometrica

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 537-560

  Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen ^a,b,c   Kreiner, Claus Thustrup ^b,d   Saez, Emmanuel ^e,f  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Multidimensional screening; Optimal income tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849085132     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA7343     Document Type: Article

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