Taxes and transnational treaties: Responsive regulation and the reassertion of offshore sovereignty

Law and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-66

  Rawlings, Gregory ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33846298536     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2007.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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