Creative politics : taxes and public goods in a federal system

Creative politics : taxes and public goods in a federal system /

State legislators are constantly making tradeoffs between changing taxes and providing public services. Glenn Beamer uses a series of in-depth case studies in eleven states to show how legislators made decisions on taxation, economic development, education financing, and Medicaid.The author identifi...

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Main Author: Beamer, Glenn, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Taxation > United States > States.
Federal government > United States.
Finance, Public > United States > States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Taxation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Federal government
Finance, Public > U.S. states
Taxation > U.S. states
Föderalismus
Finanzpolitik
Finanzwirtschaft
Steuer
Impôt > États-Unis > États.
Finances publiques > États-Unis > États.
Politique des dépenses publiques > États-Unis > États.
United States
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • Federalism as creative politics
  • Federalism, public goods, and taxes
  • Representatives' positions and collective decisions
  • Read our lips, no new (income) taxes
  • Tax and spend or spending taxes: economic development in the states
  • Education financing: how many types of equity?
  • Health care: afflicted budgets
  • Conclusion.

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