Is there more redistribution in Scandinavia than in the US?
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Redistributive effect; Personal income tax; Cross-country comparison;All these keywords.
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- H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government
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