Interaction between federal taxation and horizontal tax competition: Theory and evidence from Canada

Public Choice

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 369-387

  Rizzo, Leonzio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Horizontal externality; Tax competition; Tax rate; Vertical externality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952422320     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-009-9524-x     Document Type: Article

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