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Authors

CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.

Research Fellow Yale University
Costas is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Visiting Professor at University College London.


Journal article details
- ISSN
- Print: 0143-5671 Online: 1475-5890
- Issue
- November 1984
Suggested citation
Blundell, R. et al (1984), 'On the reform of the taxation of husband and wife: are incentives important?'
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