Location, (REAL) location, (TAX) location: An essay on mobility's place in optimal taxation

National Tax Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 843-864

  Slemrod, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobility; Optimal taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864942019     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2010.4S.02     Document Type: Article

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