An analysis of the effects of vehicle property taxes on vehicle demand

National Tax Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 697-720

  Craft, Erik D ^a   Schmidt, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

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EID: 33645276794     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2005.4.05     Document Type: Article

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