Using laboratory experiments in public economics

National Tax Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-152

  Alm, James ^a   Jacobson, Sarah ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249857648     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2007.1.07     Document Type: Article

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