Is no child left behind an un (or under) funded federal mandate? Evidence from Texas

National Tax Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 571-588

  Imazeki, Jennifer ^a   Reschovsky, Andrew ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 9544258247     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2004.3.05     Document Type: Conference Paper

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