The reaction of household consumption to predictablechanges in social security taxes

American Economic Review

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 959-973

  Parker, Jonathan A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000040951     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.4.959     Document Type: Article

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