Do local governments engage in strategic property-tax competition?

National Tax Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-229

  Brueckner, Jan K ^a   Saavedra, Luz A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0000783438     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2001.2.02     Document Type: Article

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