Cost-benefit analysis and the distributional consequences of government projects

National Tax Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 319-336

  Yitzhaki, Shlomo ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 2942720841     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2003.2.02     Document Type: Review

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