Taxes and fiscal sociology

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 331-345

  William Martin, Isaac ^a   Prasad, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative historical sociology; Development; Economic sociology; Inequality; Poverty; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905226002     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071913-043229     Document Type: Review

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