Is the response of state and local highway spending symmetric to increases and decreases in federal highway grants?

Public Finance Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-25

  Gamkhar, Shama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0034387987     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109114210002800101     Document Type: Article

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