Does tax competition really promote growth?

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-206

  Koethenbuerger, Marko ^a   Lockwood, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Stochastic growth; Tax competition; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549106851     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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