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Imputing Corporate Tax Liabilities to Individual Taxpayers

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Presents a method of studying the distributional consequences of corporate tax changes by imputing to individual tax returns the net effect of changes in effective corporate tax rates.

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  • Feldstein, Martin, 1988. "Imputing Corporate Tax Liabilities to Individual Taxpayers," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 41(1), pages 37-59, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:41:y:1988:i:1:p:37-59
    DOI: 10.1086/NTJ41788708
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