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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beamer, Glenn, 1966- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taxation--United States--States.

Taxation.

Federal government--United States.

Federal government.

Finance, Public--United States--States.

Finance, Public.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 179 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

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:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-282-63914-5

9786612639142

0-472-02678-X

OCLC:

651663913