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Spending Limitations, Agenda Control and Voters' Expectations.
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Denzau, Arthur; And Others – National Tax Journal, 1979
Introduces the notion of spending limitations into an analytical framework in which government possesses a form of monopoly power that results from imperfections in the agenda formation process. Journal availability: see EA 511 898. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Elections, Expenditures, Government (Administrative Body), Models
Some Neglected Economic Factors behind Recent Tax and Spending Limitation Movements.
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Boskin, Michael J. – National Tax Journal, 1979
The demand for tax and spending limitations is caused primarily by the generally unrecognized complete lack of growth in real private income since 1973. Journal availability: see EA 511 898. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Expenditures, Family Income, Government (Administrative Body)
Do People Want Something for Nothing: Public Opinion on Taxes and Government Spending.
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Citrin, Jack – National Tax Journal, 1979
Analyzes the evidence of public opinion polls on the nature of determinants of people's preferences for public expenditures. The majority view is that the status quo should be maintained in most public services. Journal availibility: see EA 511 898. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Elections, Expenditures, Government (Administrative Body), National Surveys
The Logic of Tax Limits: Alternative Constitutional Constraints on the Power to Tax.
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Brennan, Geoffrey; Buchanan, James – National Tax Journal, 1979
In order to offer an analysis of alternative tax limitation possibilities, the ways in which Leviathan (the nonbenevolent despot model of government) can be constrained by elements of the "fiscal constitution" are examined. Journal availability: see EA 511 898. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Finance Reform, Government (Administrative Body), Government Role, Mathematical Models
Testing Some Propositions about Proposition 13.
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Attiyeh, Richard; Engle, Robert F. – National Tax Journal, 1979
Data suggest that voters did recognize the implications of substantial reductions in government expenditures in Proposition 13 and voted to tolerate them. Journal availability: see EA 511 898. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Expenditures, Government (Administrative Body), Local Government, Multiple Regression Analysis
Fiscal Limitations in the Provision of Local Public Services: The Case of Education.
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Winkler, Donald R. – National Tax Journal, 1979
Undertakes an empirical analysis of five states that have, in the 1970s, adopted school finance reforms that have included particularly stringent fiscal limitations. Journal availability: see EA 511 898. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures, Finance Reform