Income tax preferences for the elderly

Public Finance Review

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 523-562

  Conway, Karen Smith ^a   Rork, Jonathan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Interstate competition; Personal income taxation; Political power

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249128910     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142108316441     Document Type: Article

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