Excise tax evasion, tax revenue, and welfare

Public Finance Review

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-95

  Cremer, Helmuth ^b   Gahvari, Firouz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana ^*

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EID: 0033484894     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109114219902700104     Document Type: Article

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