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Competitiveness and employment or wage distribution. What do we learn from the corporate and payroll tax cuts policies in France?

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  • Yannick L'Horty
  • Ferhat Mihoubi

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  • Fabrice Gilles & Yannick L'Horty & Ferhat Mihoubi, 2025. "Competitiveness and employment or wage distribution. What do we learn from the corporate and payroll tax cuts policies in France?," TEPP Working Paper 2025-06, TEPP.
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