An experimental test of the crowding out hypothesis

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 8 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1543-1560

  Eckel, Catherine C ^a   Grossman, Philip J ^b   Johnston, Rachel M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowding out; Tax; Third party contribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 20944447144     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.05.012     Document Type: Article

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