The tax assignment problem: Ruminations on how theory and practice depend on history

National Tax Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 339-363

  McLure Jr , Charles E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039568860     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2001.2.07     Document Type: Article

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