Tax-preferred assets and debt, and the tax reform act of 1986: Some implications for fundamental tax reform

National Tax Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 331-339

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

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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