CRITERIA FOR VOTING JUDGMENTS ON A PROPERTY TAX INITIATIVE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE WATSON AMENDMENT

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This paper presents a case study of voting behavior on a state fiscal initiative. The election measure called for a substantial reduction in the reliance on the property tax within the state, major limits on the use of the state income tax, and the assumption of financing local public education by state and county governments. The study emphasizes the inference of voter valuation of several provisions of the election measure by interpreting the correlations obtained between the intrastate voting pattern on the election measure with interjurisdictional variation in selected fiscal characteristics of several different types of local governments.

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