Peculiar institutions: A British perspective on tax policy in the United States

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 371-400

  Keen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005394607     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.1997.tb00270.x     Document Type: Review

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