Separability and public finance

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 1168-1174

  Gauthier, Stéphane ^a   Laroque, Guy ^a,b  

^a CREST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indirect taxes; Individual production; Pigovian taxation; Samuelson rule; Second best optimality; Separability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350412812     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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