Do states choose their mix of taxes to minimize employment losses?

National Tax Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 7-26

  Harden, J William ^a   Hoyt, William H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Gatton Sch of Bus and Economics   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 2942715297     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2003.1.01     Document Type: Review

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