What jackpot? The optimal lottery tax

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 655-671

  Beenstock, Michael ^a   Goldin, Ephraim ^b   Haitovsky, Yoel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Adv Info Syst 11 Hameasef S   (Israel)

Author keywords

Jackpot; Lottery; Tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007199785     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(00)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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