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Penny wise and pound foolish: capital gains tax and trading volume on the Zagreb Stock Exchange*



Tomislav Globan**
   
Tihana Škrinjarić**
Article   |   Year:  2020   |   Pages:  299 - 329   |   Volume:  44   |   Issue:  3
Received:  June 1, 2019   |   Accepted:  February 9, 2020   |   Published online:  September 1, 2020
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