Demographics and the politics of capital taxation in a life-cycle economy

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 337-363

  Mateos Planas, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952404377     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.1.337     Document Type: Article

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