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Fiscal Studies

Symposium: tax equity around the world - introduction

Fiscal Studies, Volume 44, Issue 3
  • James Banks
  • Anne Brockmeyer

Published on 11 September 2023

  • From Fiscal Studies, Volume 44, Issue 3
  • Sep 2023

This set of issues was showcased at the 4th World Bank Tax Conference in September 2022, which focused on ‘Global Tax Equity’.

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    James Banks
    James Banks

    CPP Co-Director

    James is Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Economics at Manchester, working on broad issues in the economics of retirement, savings and health.

    Anne Brockmeyer
    Anne Brockmeyer

    Research Fellow University College London

    Anne is the research fellow at IFS and an honorary faculty member at UCL. Her work focuses on tax policy in lower-income countries.

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    DOI
    10.1111/1475-5890.12343
    Publisher
    Wiley
    ISSN
    0143-5671
    Issue
    Volume 44, Issue 3, September 2023, pages 1-3

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    Banks, J. and Brockmeyer, A. (2023), 'Symposium: tax equity around the world - introduction', Fiscal Studies, 44(3), 1–3, https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-5890.12343

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