Taxing issues: Geography, politics and the 2003 tax reform referendum in Alabama

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 190-215

  Webster, Gerald R ^a   Webster, Roberta H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; Electoral geography; Tax reform

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TAX REFORM; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 11044223782     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2004.0031     Document Type: Article

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