Isolation effects and the neglect of indirect effects of fiscal policies

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-302

  Mccaffery, Edward J ^a   Baron, Jonathan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Law School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral public finance; Focusing; Hidden taxes; Isolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750171820     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.525     Document Type: Article

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