Effects of flat tax reforms in Western Europe

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 620-636

  Paulus, Alari ^a   Peichl, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flat tax reform; Income inequality; Labour supply incentives; Microsimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349105548     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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