Consumption Taxes and Saving: The Role of Uncertainty in Tax Reform

American Economic Review

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 114-119

  Engen, Eric M ^a   Gale, William G ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 0343340271     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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