Indirect taxes on international aviation

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-41

  Keen, Michael ^a   Strand, Jon ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 33947212915     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2007.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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