Partisan influence on the local tax burden in the Netherlands

Public Choice

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 351-363

  Allers, Maarten ^a   De Haan, Jakob ^a   Sterks, Cees ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0035580675     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005123208352     Document Type: Article

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