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Ad valorem versus unit taxes: Monopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms, and intra-industry reallocations

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Ad valorem versus unit taxes : Monopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms, and intra-industry reallocations. / Schröder, Philipp J.H.; Sørensen, Allan.

In: Journal of Economics, Vol. 101, No. 3, 2010, p. 247-265.

Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Harvard

Schröder, PJH & Sørensen, A 2010, 'Ad valorem versus unit taxes: Monopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms, and intra-industry reallocations', Journal of Economics, vol. 101, no. 3, pp. 247-265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-010-0159-7

APA

Schröder, P. J. H., & Sørensen, A. (2010). Ad valorem versus unit taxes: Monopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms, and intra-industry reallocations. Journal of Economics, 101(3), 247-265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-010-0159-7

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Schröder PJH, Sørensen A. 2010. Ad valorem versus unit taxes: Monopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms, and intra-industry reallocations. Journal of Economics. 101(3):247-265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-010-0159-7

MLA

Schröder, Philipp J.H. and Allan Sørensen. "Ad valorem versus unit taxes: Monopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms, and intra-industry reallocations". Journal of Economics. 2010, 101(3). 247-265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-010-0159-7

Vancouver

Schröder PJH, Sørensen A. Ad valorem versus unit taxes: Monopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms, and intra-industry reallocations. Journal of Economics. 2010;101(3):247-265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-010-0159-7

Author

Schröder, Philipp J.H. ; Sørensen, Allan. / Ad valorem versus unit taxes : Monopolistic competition, heterogeneous firms, and intra-industry reallocations. In: Journal of Economics. 2010 ; Vol. 101, No. 3. pp. 247-265.

Bibtex

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