Corruption and Tax Structure in American States

We examine the extent to which public corruption influences the tax structure of American states. After controlling for other tax structure influences, we find that states with greater measured public corruption have more complex tax systems, have higher tax burdens, rely more heavily on regressive...

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Main Authors: Liu, C. (Author), Mikesell, J.L (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications Inc. 2019
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