Taxes and employment subsidies in optimal redistribution programs

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 216-242

  Beaudry, Paul ^a   Blackorby, Charles ^b   Szalay, Dezsö ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73649149058     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.1.216     Document Type: Article

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