Explaining State Internet Sales Taxation: New Economy, Old-Fashioned Interest Group Politics

State Politics & Policy Quarterly

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-51

  Best, Samuel J ^a   Teske, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993660635     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000200200103     Document Type: Article

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