Redistribution and tax expenditures: The earned income tax credit

National Tax Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 2 PART 2, 2011, Pages 689-730

  Eissa, Nada ^a,b   Hoynes, Hilary ^b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution of benefits; Earned Income Tax Credit; Efficiency effects; Hypothetical reforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872000382     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2011.2s.10     Document Type: Article

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