The Collision of Tax and Welfare Politics: The Political History of the Earned Income Tax Credit, 1969-99

National Tax Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4 PART 2, 2000, Pages 983-1025

  Ventry Jr , Dennis J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 0007554418     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2000.4s1.01     Document Type: Review

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