Technology, politics, and e-commerce: Internet sales tax and interstate cooperation

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-270

  Hale, Kathleen ^a   McNeal, Ramona ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; E commerce; E governance; E Government; Internet sales

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955008471     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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