Fiscal consequences of budget baselines

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-436

  Crain, W Mark ^a   Crain, Nicole Verrier ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget institutions; Framing hypothesis; H72; Prospect theory; State fiscal policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032018191     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00063-7     Document Type: Article

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