Taxation with representation: Intergovernmental grants in a plebiscite democracy

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 316-332

  Lutz, Byron ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

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EID: 77955128377     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.2010.12258     Document Type: Article

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