Genes as tags: The tax implications of widely available genetic information

National Tax Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4 PART 2, 2008, Pages 843-863

  Logue, Kyle ^a   Selmrod, Joel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 64549126133     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2008.4s.04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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