Do tax and expenditure limits provide a free lunch? Evidence on the link between limits and public sector service quality

National Tax Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-128

  Downes, Thomas A ^a   Figlio, David N ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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