Income taxes and entrepreneurial choice: Empirical evidence from two German natural experiments

Empirical Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-513

  Fossen, Frank M ^a   Steiner, Viktor ^a,b  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Difference in difference in difference; Entrepreneurship; Natural experiment; Taxation

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INCOME; TAX REFORM; TAX SYSTEM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 67349101317     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-008-0208-z     Document Type: Article

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