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The effect of tax elasticity on government spending

โœ Scribed by Eleanor D. Craig; A. James Heins

Publisher
Springer US
Year
1980
Tongue
English
Weight
460 KB
Volume
35
Category
Article
ISSN
0048-5829

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โœฆ Synopsis

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of the elasticity of the tax structure on the amount of spending by state government. While the empirical analysis centers on state government spending, the underlying theory may be generalized to any government unit.

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