The balance between specific and ad valorem taxation

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-37

  Keen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0005600844     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.1998.tb00274.x     Document Type: Article

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