On optimal non-linear income taxation: Numerical results revisited

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-270

  Tuomala, Matti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Numerical simulations; Optimal nonlinear tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952883920     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-009-9119-y     Document Type: Article

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