Political costs and fiscal benefits: The political economy of residential property value assessment under Proposition 212
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Keywords
Property taxes; Property appraisal; Elected versus appointed; Tax referenda;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
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