Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government
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- Becker, Gary S. & Mulligan, Casey B., 1998. "Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government," Working Papers 144, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State.
- Gary S. Becker & Casey B. Mulligan, 1998. "Deadweight Costs and the Size of Government," NBER Working Papers 6789, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
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