Tax rights in transition economies: A tragedy of the commons?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-397

  Berkowitz, Daniel ^a   Li, Wei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Economic development; Economic transition; H32; H77; O23; P52; Russia; Tax rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001885319     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(99)00091-2     Document Type: Article

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