Higher tariffs, lower revenues? Analyzing the fiscal aspects of "the Great Tariff Debate of 1888"

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-72

  Irwin, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0012802155     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700019884     Document Type: Review

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