The effect of Sunday sales bans and excise taxes on drinking and cross-border shopping for alcoholic beverages

National Tax Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-105

  Stehr, Mark ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249860914     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2007.1.05     Document Type: Review

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