E-ZTAX: Tax salience and tax rates

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 969-1010

  Finkelstein, A M Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 69649098163     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.3.969     Document Type: Article

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