The Volatility of School District Income Tax Revenues: Is Tax Base Diversification a Good Idea?
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Keywords
revenue volatility; tax base diversification; Ohio; short-run elasticity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PBE-2015-10-04 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2015-10-04 (Public Finance)
- NEP-URE-2015-10-04 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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