Rhetoric and economics in the estate tax debate

National Tax Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 613-627

  Gale, William G ^a   Slemrod, Joel ^b  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0041405802     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2001.3.13     Document Type: Article

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