Japan's taxing bureaucrats: Fiscal sociology and the property-tax revolt

Social Science Japan Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-246

  Jinno, Naohiko ^a   Dewit, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SHIMONOSEKI CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 23144442164     PISSN: 13691465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ssjj/1.2.233     Document Type: Article

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