Chapter 21 Taxation and economic efficiency

Handbook of Public Economics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1347-1421

  Auerbach, Alan J ^a   Hines Jr , James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

deadweight loss; excess burden; marginal cost of public funds; optimal taxation; Ramsey taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649413544     PISSN: 15734420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-4420(02)80025-8     Document Type: Chapter

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