The gants are falling! The grants are falling! How Municipal governments changed taxes in response to provincial support in New Brunswick, 1983-2003

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 441-456

  Brett, Craig ^a   Tardif, Christina ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intergovernmental transfers; Municipal finance; Pproperty taxes; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODELING; TAX SYSTEM;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649497424     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.34.4.441     Document Type: Article

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