Why is there no race to the bottom in capital taxation?

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 761-786

  Plümper, Thomas ^a   Troeger, Vera E ^a   Winner, Hannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); FISCAL POLICY; MODELING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC SPENDING; TAX SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 70349973897     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2009.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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