Cross-border shopping and the sales tax: An examination of food purchases in West Virginia

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Tosun, Mehmet S ^a   Skidmore, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border shopping; Sales taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049110188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1877     Document Type: Article

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