کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
969585 1479499 2006 26 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Democrats, republicans, and taxes: Evidence that political parties matter
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
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Democrats, republicans, and taxes: Evidence that political parties matter
چکیده انگلیسی

I estimate the influence of political parties on state Tax Burdens over a 40-year period (1960–2000). Holding constant a large number of state and voter characteristic variables, I find that: (i) Tax Burdens are higher when Democrats control the state legislature compared to when Republicans are in control. (ii) The political party of the governor has little effect after controlling for partisan influences in the state legislature. I explain how both findings are consistent with median voter theory. My results suggest that after 5 years of Democratic control of the legislature, state government would be approximately 3–5% larger than if Republicans controlled the legislature during that same period, with the better specifications producing estimates in the higher end of this range.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Public Economics - Volume 90, Issues 4–5, May 2006, Pages 725–750
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