Does the median voter consume too much water? Analyzing the redistributive role of residential water bills

National Tax Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 687-702

  Timmins, Christopher ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042812263     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2002.4.02     Document Type: Article

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