Entrepreneurship and the theory of taxation

Small Business Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-185

  Henrekson, Magnus ^a   Sanandaji, Tino ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital income taxation; Dual income taxation; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Institutions; Labor supply; New firm creation; Optimal factor taxes; Tax policy; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052022671     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9242-2     Document Type: Article

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