William Vickrey: Contributions to Public Policy

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-113

  Arnott, Richard ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Public policy; William Vickrey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040379521     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008672627120     Document Type: Article

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