Local option sales taxes and consumer spending patterns: Fiscal interdependence under multi-tiered local taxation

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-58

  Burge, Gregory ^a   Rogers, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross tier elasticities; H71; H73; Local option sales taxes; Municipal revenues

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISCAL POLICY; PANEL DATA; PUBLIC SPENDING; RETAILING; TAX SYSTEM; TREND ANALYSIS;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649903948     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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