Using excise taxes to finance state government: Do neighboring state taxation policy and cross-border markets matter?

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 731-752

  Nelson, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; FISCAL POLICY; PRICE DETERMINATION; TAX SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036873415     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9787.00279     Document Type: Article

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