Migration Elasticities, Fiscal Federalism and the Ability of States to Redistribute Income
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- Giertz, Seth H. & Tosun, Mehmet S., 2012. "Migration Elasticities, Fiscal Federalism, and the Ability of States to Redistribute Income," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 65(4), pages 1069-1092, December.
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Keywords
excess burden; income redistribution; fiscal federalism; fiscal externalities; deadweight loss;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H21 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-MIG-2012-09-30 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-PBE-2012-09-30 (Public Economics)
- NEP-URE-2012-09-30 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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