Racial context and voting over taxes: Evidence from a referendum in Alabama

Public Finance Review

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 614-634

  Roch, Christine H ^a   Rushton, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Race; Segregation; State tax policy; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249088189     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142107313826     Document Type: Article

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