Optimal Tax Design and Enforcement with an Informal Sector

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-27

  Boadway, Robin ^a   Sato, Motohiro ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 85017177766     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.1.1.1     Document Type: Article

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