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Taxing and Spending in Japan and Texas: Whose Cities Are Better Off?
Author(s) -
Rickards Robert C.,
Maeda Takashi
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
public budgeting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1540-5850
pISSN - 0275-1100
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5850.00947
Subject(s) - position (finance) , public economics , business , economics , finance
This article compares the budgetary positions of Japanese and Texas cities. The appropriate criteria for evaluating municipal taxing and spending policies are identified. After determining which municipalities are better off, recommendations are offered for improving the less well‐off cities' budgetary position.