Determinants of public support for education sales tax initiatives in Georgia

Journal of Education Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-288

  Sanders, Robert M ^a   Lee, Sooho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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