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Optimal Labor Income Taxation

Piketty, Thomas, Saez, Emmanuel·2013·Handbook of Public Economics
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Piketty, T., & Saez, E.
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Handbook of Public Economics
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Elsevier
Published
2013
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391-474
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1573-4420 (ISSN-L)
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10.1016/b978-0-444-53759-1.00007-8
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