An overall assessment of the distributional consequences of government spending and taxation in the United States, 1989 and 2000

The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 15-68

  Wolff, Edward N ^a   Zacharias, Ajit ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Levy Economics Institute   (United States)

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EID: 85016047668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230378605     Document Type: Chapter

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