Macroeconomics
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ISBN: 9780134896441
Author: ABEL, Andrew B., BERNANKE, Ben, CROUSHORE, Dean Darrell
Publisher: PEARSON
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To define the expected real after-tax interest rate. The effects of a decrease in tax rate on interest incomes on the expected real after-tax interest rate is to be explained.
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