Optimal taxation with private government information

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1217-1239

  Sleet, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; INFORMATION; TAX SYSTEM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 7444259808     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0034-6527.00320     Document Type: Article

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