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Tax Incidence, Macroeconomic Policy, and Absolute Prices

Charles E. McLure
- 01 May 1970 - 
- Vol. 84, Iss: 2, pp 254-267
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In this article, the authors present a tax model for relative prices and tax incidence, and the analysis of the model is presented. But the analysis is limited to a single tax bracket.
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I. Introduction, 254. — II. The model, 255. — III. Relative prices and tax incidence, 257. — IV. The analysis of the model, 259. — V. Concluding remarks, 265.

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