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Optimal fiscal illusion and the size of government

✍ Scribed by E. G. West; Stanley L. Winer

Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1980
Tongue: English
Weight: 777 KB
Volume: 35
Category: Article
ISSN: 0048-5829
DOI: 10.1007/bf00140089

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