What we talk about whenwe talk about taxes

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-145

  Kidder, Jeffrey L ^a   Martin, Isaac William ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary work; Fiscal policy; Group position; Morals; Small business; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867516809     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: 15338665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/SYMB.10     Document Type: Article

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