Using notches to uncover optimization frictions and structural elasticities: Theory and evidence from Pakistan

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 669-723

  Kleven, Henrik J ^a,b   Waseem, Mazhar ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; TAX INCENTIVE; TAX SYSTEM;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84877022852     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjt004     Document Type: Article

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