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Corporate Tax Reform

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  • Gilbert E. Metcalf

    (Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

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I measure the industry impacts of an environmental tax reform in which a carbon tax is used to finance full or partial corporate tax integration. Using an input-output framework with fifty-eight industry sectors, I find that the industry impacts of such a reform are likely to be modest.

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  • Gilbert E. Metcalf, 2007. "Corporate Tax Reform," Public Finance Review, , vol. 35(3), pages 440-459, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pubfin:v:35:y:2007:i:3:p:440-459
    DOI: 10.1177/1091142107299269
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