Have state and local fiscal policies become more alike? Evidence of beta convergence among fiscal policy variables

Public Finance Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 144-165

  Annala, Christopher N ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Fiscal policy; State and local governments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037259229     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142102250327     Document Type: Review

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