Taxing the rich: The income and tax share of very high-income households, 1960-1995

American Economic Review

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 264-270

  Feenberg, Daniel R ^a   Poterba, James M ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000594675     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.90.2.264     Document Type: Article

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