Hyperopia in public finance

Behavioral Public Finance

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 141-171

  Fennell, Lee Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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