The Choice of the Personal Income Tax Base
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- Gordon, Roger H. & Kopczuk, Wojciech, 2014. "The choice of the personal income tax base," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 97-110.
- Gordon, Roger H. & Kopczuk, Wojciech, 2011. "The choice of the personal income tax base," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 58197, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PBE-2014-06-22 (Public Economics)
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