Micro and macro elasticities in a life cycle model with taxes

Journal of Economic Theory

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2277-2292

  Rogerson, Richard ^a   Wallenius, Johanna ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor supply; Life cycle; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949107702     PISSN: 00220531     EISSN: 10957235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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