Who pays and who benefits? Examining the distributional consequences of the Georgia lottery for education

National Tax Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 223-238

  Rubenstein, Ross ^a   Scafidi, Benjamin ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040669889     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2002.2.02     Document Type: Article

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