BT-to-VAT reform and firm productivity: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in China
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Value-added tax; Business tax; Productivity; China;All these keywords.
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- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H30 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents - - - General
- H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
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