The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000

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  2013

• Venue

  Review of Economics and Statistics

• Publication date

  2013-09-30

• Fields of study

  Economics, Political Science

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  DOI 10.1162/REST_a_00332
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