Taxing capital? not a bad idea after all!

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-48

  Conesa, Juan Carlos ^a   Kitao, Sagiri ^b   Krueger, Dirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 73649089319     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.1.25     Document Type: Article

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