Measuring non-school fiscal disparities among municipalities

National Tax Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-56

  Bradbury, Katharine ^a   Zhao, Bo ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

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EID: 67949097538     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2009.1.02     Document Type: Article

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