The equity impacts of municipal tax incentives: Leveling or tilting the playing field?

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-94

  Reese, Laura A ^a,b   Sands, Gary ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAX SYSTEM;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644752751     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2006.00186.x     Document Type: Review

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