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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780866403321

Autore

Crain W. Mark

Titolo

Volatile states : institutions, policy, and the performance of American state economies / / W. Mark Crain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2003

ISBN

1-282-44460-3

9786612444609

0-472-02407-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Disciplina

330.973/092

Soggetti

Finance, Public - United States - States

Taxation - United States - States

U.S. states - Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-161) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Champions of the state growth league --The end of state income convergence -- Volatile states: estimates of the risk-return trade-off -- Demise of the state sales tax -- Economic consequences of state tax policy -- Reliability of revenues from alternative tax instruments -- State budgets outgrow state incomes -- Fiscal uncertainty -- Political ideology and other drivers of state budget priorities -- Fresh perspectives on familiar problems.

Sommario/riassunto

New research reevaluates the disparities in economic growth and living standards among American states