Value-added taxes, chain effects, and informality

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 195-221

  de Paula, Áureo ^a   Scheinkman, José A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 85017162145     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.2.4.195     Document Type: Article

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