VAT, Tariffs, and Withholding: Border Taxes and Informality in Developing Countries
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- Keen, Michael, 2008. "VAT, tariffs, and withholding: Border taxes and informality in developing countries," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 92(10-11), pages 1892-1906, October.
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