The effect of rising income inequality on taxation and public expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and school districts, 1970-2000

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1291-1302

  Boustan, Leah ^a   Ferreira, Fernando ^b   Winkler, Hernan ^c   Zolt, Eric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

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EID: 84885995181     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00332     Document Type: Article

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