Bringing the bureaucrats back in: Neo-liberal tax reform in New Zealand

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-168

  Christensen, Johan ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; economic ideas; neo liberal; New Zealand; state; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; ECONOMIC REFORM; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; TAX REFORM;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84862528603     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X12000050     Document Type: Article

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