Second draft CAN CAPITAL INCOME TAXES SURVIVE ? AND SHOULD THEY ?
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The paper surveys some main results in the theory of capital income taxation in the open economy; reviews recent trends in international taxation, and discusses alternative blueprints for fundamental capital income tax reform from the perspective of an open economy faced with growing mobility of capital
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