Tax amnesties as asset-laundering devices

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 408-431

  Das Gupta, Arindam ^a   Mookherjee, Dilip ^a  

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EID: 0030376716     PISSN: 87566222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jleo.a023369     Document Type: Article

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