Tax policy for a rent-rich economy

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 253-264

  Boadway, Robin ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inequality; Redistribution; Rents; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; FISCAL POLICY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; TAX SYSTEM;

CANADA;

EID: 84950271227     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2015-044     Document Type: Article

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