Border Wars: Tax Revenues, Annexation, and Urban Growth in Phoenix

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 831-859

  Heim, Carol E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Annexation; Intergovernmental relations; Municipal revenue; North America; Phoenix; Sales tax; Urban growth machine

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; METROPOLITAN AREA; POST-WAR; TAX SYSTEM; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN HISTORY; URBAN PLANNING;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862846152     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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