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Farmer Conservatism and the Incidence of Taxes
Author(s) -
Davis J. Ronnie,
Meyer Charles W.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1239165
Subject(s) - conservatism , voting , economics , tax deferral , tax incidence , state (computer science) , public economics , incidence (geometry) , public spending , demographic economics , state income tax , labour economics , business , gross income , agricultural economics , tax reform , physics , optics , algorithm , politics , political science , computer science , law
State sales and income taxes and local property taxes generally absorb a higher percentage of the income of farmers than of nonfarmers, according to ah Iowa incidence study. Simple models of voting behavior show higher tax burdens may cause farmers to be more conservative toward public spending than other taxpayers, even though their demand for public services is identical.