Progressive taxation and the intensity and timing of investment

Economic Modelling

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 100-108

  Wong, Kit Pong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Investment intensity; Investment timing; Progressive taxation; Real options

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650243694     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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