Citizenship for sale: Passports of convenience from Pacific Island tax havens

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-163

  van Fossen, Anthony ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CORRUPTION; DEMAND ELASTICITY; TAX SYSTEM; TERRORISM;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34250005972     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: 17439094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14662040701317477     Document Type: Article

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