The Economic Effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 589-632

  Auerbach, Alan J ^a   Slemrod, Joel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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