A tale of two tax cuts, a wage squeeze, and a tax credit

National Tax Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 403-423

  Bartels, Larry M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33751073959     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2006.3.01     Document Type: Article

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