Equilibrium tax rates and income redistribution: A laboratory study

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  • Marina Agranov
  • Thomas R. Palfrey
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☆ The financial support of the National Science Founda Sage Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Fo acknowledged. The paper benefited from discussion conference and seminar presentations. We are especia suggestions from Ernesto Dal Bo, John Londregan, Thoma and editor. Kirill Pogorelskiy provided excellent research ⁎ Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (M. Agra (T.R. Palfrey). 1 See, for example, McCarty et al. (2006).

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تاریخ انتشار 2013