March 13, 2013
Adam Hoffer Discusses Sin Taxes on Inside State and Local Policy
Adam J. Hoffer
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Mercatus scholars host a series of interviews with with policy scholars, elected officials and other practitioners about state and local legislative and regulatory reforms.
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