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Marchese, C. (2014). Tax Amnesty. In: Backhaus, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_24-1

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    Tax Amnesty
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_24-2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_24-1