The effect of state income taxation on per capita income growth

Public Finance Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 292-312

  Holcombe, Randall G ^a   Lacombe, Donald J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Income growth; Per capita income; State borders; State income taxation; State tax policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442572126     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142104264303     Document Type: Article

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