Networks as channels of policy diffusion: Explaining worldwide changes in capital taxation, 1998-2006

International Studies Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 823-854

  Cao, Xun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPORT; INVESTMENT; LEARNING; POLICY ANALYSIS; STUDENT; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 77956417543     PISSN: 00208833     EISSN: 14682478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2478.2010.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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