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The relative revenue power of the marginal tax rates in personal income tax schedules: the Revenue Equivalent Marginal Rate Increase (REMI)

José Félix Sanz-SanzDepartment of Applied Economics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1081-1086 | Published online: 06 Sep 2019

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