Flatliners: Ideology and rational learning in the adoption of the flat tax

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-159

  Baturo, Alexander ^a   Gray, Julia ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 61849160307     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: 14756765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2008.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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