Taxation and market work: is Scandinavia an outlier?
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Taxation and Market Work: Is Scandinavia an Outlier?
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عنوان ژورنال: Economic Theory
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0938-2259,1432-0479
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-006-0164-9