Tax and Expenditure Limitations and State Credit Ratings

Public Finance Review

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 643-669

  Stallmann, Judith I ^a   Deller, Steven ^b   Amiel, Lindsay ^b   Maher, Craig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bond ratings; credit markets; public finance; state finance; tax and expenditure limitations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864692361     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142112446844     Document Type: Article

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