Methodological frontiers of public finance field experiments

National Tax Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-127

  Kling, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 34249862492     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2007.1.06     Document Type: Review

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