Discounting Inside the Washington D.C. Beltway

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 213-228

  Bazelon, Coleman ^a   Smetters, Kent ^b  

^a Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0008598091     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.13.4.213     Document Type: Review

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