Participation and compliance with the Earned Income Tax Credit

National Tax Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-213

  Blumenthal, Marsha ^a   Erard, Brian ^b   Ho, Chih Chin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b B Erard and Associates   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 23944504736     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2005.2.02     Document Type: Review

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