Do tax and expenditure limits lead to state lotteries? Evidence from the United States: 1970-1992

Public Finance Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-64

  Glickman, Mark M ^a   Painter, Gary D ^b  

^a US General Accounting Office   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal stress; Lotteries; States; Tax and expenditure limits; Tax burden

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346331733     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142103260674     Document Type: Article

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