State taxes and economic growth revisited: Have distortions changed?

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-348

  Deskins, John ^a   Hill, Brian ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; GROWTH RATE; INFLATION; STATE; TAX SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954024671     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-008-0266-3     Document Type: Article

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