Property tax limits, local fiscal behavior, and property values: Evidence from Massachusetts under Proposition 2 1/2

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 287-311

  Bradbury, Katharine L ^a   Mayer, Christopher J ^b   Case, Karl E ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalization; Educational spending; H2; H3; H7; Proposition 2 1 2; Tax limitations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005476204     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(00)00081-5     Document Type: Article

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