Creative politics: taxes and public goods in a federal system / Glenn Beamer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beamer, Glenn, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taxation--United States--States.

Taxation.

United States.

Federal government--United States.

Federal government.

Finance, Public--United States--States.

Finance, Public.

Physical Description:

x, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Mich. Press, [1999]

Summary:

State legislators are constantly making tradeoffs between changing taxes and providing public services. Glenn Beamer uses a series of in-depth case studies in eleven states to show how legislators made decisions on taxation, economic development, education financing, and Medicaid.

The author identifies six factors that influence legislators's decisions: accountability, dependability, equity, obscurability, and horizontal and vertical transferability. Within the context created by citizen demands, intergovernmental politics, policy histories, court interventions, and state constitutions, this study analyzes how legislators employ these principles to develop and enact policies.

Contents:

Federalism as creative politics

Federalism, public goods, and taxes

Representatives' positions and collective decisions

Read our lips, no new (income) taxes

Tax and spend or spending taxes: economic development in the states

Education financing: how many types of equity?

Health care: afflicted budgets

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0472110209

OCLC:

40521343