Democrats, Republicans, and Taxes: Evidence that Political Parties Matter

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dc.contributor.authorReed, W.R.
dc.date.accessioned2008-06-09T20:36:42Z
dc.date.available2008-06-09T20:36:42Z
dc.date.issued2005en
dc.descriptionOnline version available 11 Apr Oct 2005 at ScienceDirect; Bibliographic details as per 2006 print edition.en
dc.description.abstractI estimate the influence of political parties on state Tax Burdens over a forty-year period (1960-2000). Holding constant a large number of state and voter characteristic variables, I find that: (i) Tax Burdens are higher when Democrats control the state legislature compared to when Republicans are in control. (ii) The political party of the governor has little effect after controlling for partisan influences in the state legislature. I explain how both findings are consistent with median voter theory. My results suggest that after five years of Democratic control of the legislature, state government would be approximately 3 to 5 percent larger than if Republicans controlled the legislature during that same period, with the better specifications producing estimates in the higher end of this range.en
dc.identifier.citationReed, W.R. (2005) Democrats, Republicans, and Taxes: Evidence that Political Parties Matter. Journal of Public Economics, 90(4-5), pp. 725-750.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.12.008
dc.identifier.issn0047-2727
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/697
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Economics.en
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subject.marsdenFields of Research::360000 Policy and Political Science::369900 Other Policy and Political Science::369999 Other policy and political scienceen
dc.subject.marsdenFields of Research::340000 Economics::340200 Applied Economics::340203 Finance economicsen
dc.subject.marsdenFields of Research::340000 Economics::349900 Other Economics::349901 Political economyen
dc.titleDemocrats, Republicans, and Taxes: Evidence that Political Parties Matteren
dc.typeJournal Article
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