Revenue traps

Economics and Politics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-96

  Gehlbach, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PRIVATIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 33847273593     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: 14680343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2007.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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