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The distributional impact of recurrent immovable property taxation in Greece*



Eirini Andriopoulou
   
Eleni Kanavitsa
   
Chrysa Leventi
   
Panos Tsakloglou
Article   |   Year:  2020   |   Pages:  505 - 528   |   Volume:  44   |   Issue:  4
Received:  January 30, 2020   |   Accepted:  August 31, 2020   |   Published online:  December 1, 2020
Download citation        https://doi.org/10.3326/pse.44.4.4       


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