Behavioral economics and tax policy

National Tax Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-386

  Congdon, William J ^a   Kling, Jeffrey R ^b   Mullainathan, Sendhil ^c  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70449122805     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2009.3.01     Document Type: Article

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