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Some Useful Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2020

Micheál L Collins
Affiliation:
School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin E-mail: ml.collins@ucd.ie
Sally Ruane
Affiliation:
School of Applied Social Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester E-mail: sruane@dmu.ac.uk
Adrian Sinfield
Affiliation:
School of Social and Political Science, Edinburgh University E-mail: Adrian. Sinfield@ed.ac.uk

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Themed Section: Taxation and Social Policy
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References

Web sources

Centre for Policy Studies, https://www.cps.org.uk [accessed 15.10.2019] – centre right think-tank with tax and cost of living one of its core areas.Google Scholar
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Taxes and social policy

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Tax expenditures, fiscal welfare, social tax expenditures and tax breaks for social purposes

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Redistribution and taxation, inequality and taxation

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Political economy and taxation

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Tax design

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Tax havens and avoidance

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