Resource Taxation and Remote Aboriginal Expenditure

Economic Papers

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 360-382

  Blackwell, Boyd ^a   Dollery, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

aboriginal; mining; remote communities; taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910078021     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1759-3441.12041     Document Type: Article

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