Optimal Tax Design and Enforcement with an Informal Sector
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- Robin Boadway & Motohiro Sato, 2008. "Optimal Tax Design And Enforcement With An Informal Sector," Working Paper 1168, Economics Department, Queen's University.
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JEL classification:
- E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H25 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Business Taxes and Subsidies
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