Taxation and deadweight loss in a system of intergovernmental transfers

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 189-206

  Smart, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0001011728     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136384     Document Type: Article

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