Is Charitable Giving by Nonitemizers Responsive to Tax Incentives? New Evidence

National Tax Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-206

  Duquette, Christopher M ^a  

^a CNA CORPORATION   (United States)

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