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Trends in income taxation: are taxes converging in Central and Eastern European countries?

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|Dec 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2023-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2543-5361 | Journal ISSN: 2299-9701
Language: English
Page range: 349 - 370
Submitted on: May 3, 2023
Accepted on: Sep 5, 2023
Published on: Dec 31, 2023
Published by: Warsaw School of Economics
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