(When) do tax increases cause electoral damage? The case of local property taxes in Spain

Public Choice and the Challenges of Democracy

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 316-350

  Roca, Núria Bosch ^a   Solé Ollé, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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