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Proposition 2.5, a ballot initiative approved by Massachusetts voters in 1980 sharply reduced local property taxes and restricted their future growth. We examine the effects of Proposition 2.5 on municipal finances and assess voter satisfaction with these effects. We find that Proposition 2.5...
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We examine the effects of Proposition 2-1/2--a property tax limitation law approved by Massachusetts voters in 1980--and assess voter satisfaction with these effects. We find that the Proposition had a smaller effect on local revenues and spending than expected, as a result of both amendments to...
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Proposition 2.5, a ballot initiative approved by Massachusetts voters in 1980 sharply reduced local property taxes and restricted their future growth. We examine the effects of Proposition 2.5 on municipal finances and assess voter satisfaction with these effects. We find that Proposition 2.5...
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well-being in place of measures based on current money income docs change conclusions concerning the extent of poverty in … the United Stales. Using the official federal poverty thresholds. we find that the overall consumption poverty rate was … three percentage points below the income poverty rate in 1988. Comparisons of the poverty rates of the elderly and the non …
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well-being in place of measures based on current money income docs change conclusions concerning the extent of poverty in … the United Stales. Using the official federal poverty thresholds. we find that the overall consumption poverty rate was … three percentage points below the income poverty rate in 1988. Comparisons of the poverty rates of the elderly and the non …
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