Accelerating Downhill: How the EU Shapes Corporate Tax Competition in the Single Market

Journal of Common Market Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 585-606

  Genschel, Philipp ^a   Kemmerling, Achim ^a   Seils, Eric ^b  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b HANS BÖCKLER FOUNDATION   (Germany)

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EID: 79953146757     PISSN: 00219886     EISSN: 14685965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2010.02136.x     Document Type: Article

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