The effects of tax and expenditure limitation (tel) stringency on the level of state expenditure and revenue

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 647-669

  Bae, Suho ^a   Jung, Changhoon ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

general own source revenue; state budgetary rules; state direct general spending; state tax and expenditure limitation (TEL); total own source revenue; total state spending

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; PANEL DATA; PUBLIC SPENDING; STATE ROLE; TAX SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 82855168315     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852310390280     Document Type: Article

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