The economic winners and losers of legalized gambling

National Tax Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 281-302

  Kearney, Melissa Schettini ^a  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 23944447068     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2005.2.08     Document Type: Review

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