Status quo in the welfare analysis of tax reforms

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 603-621

  Bourguignon, François ^a  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

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EID: 81355154719     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2011.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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