Effective tax rates, endogenous mark-ups and heterogeneous firms

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Effective tax rates, endogenous mark-ups and heterogeneous firms. / Irlacher, Michael; Unger, Florian.
in: Economics Letters, Jahrgang 173, 12.2018, S. 51-54.

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Irlacher M, Unger F. Effective tax rates, endogenous mark-ups and heterogeneous firms. Economics Letters. 2018 Dez;173:51-54. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.08.035

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