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AN EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF DIVIDED STATE GOVERNMENT ON TAX INNOVATION: 1960–1990
Author(s) -
Schneiderman Stuart B.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
southeastern political review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-1346
pISSN - 0730-2177
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1346.1998.tb00479.x
Subject(s) - gridlock , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , divided government , legislation , competition (biology) , test (biology) , political science , tax policy , economics , public economics , economic policy , tax reform , politics , law , ecology , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science , biology
There has been a lack of analysis of the consequences of divided government at the American state level. Past analyses tend to assume divided government results in gridlock. This article examines innovations in tax policy for the 50 states from 1960–1990 to test this assumption. Taking interparty competition into account, preliminary tests indicate that divided state governments, at least in the field of taxation, are capable of producing important legislation.