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This paper analyzes the impact of TELs on different types of state expenditures. This study provides comparison analysis of different types of TELs on state level and aims to evaluate the effect of TEL policy on state expenditure structures. Using panel data analysis, this work finds that states with Tax Expenditure Limitations (TELs) - in addition to financial factors- are associated with higher level of state expenditures for corrections and lower levels of state expenditures for police, parks, natural resources, and highway expenditures. Looking at 50 states from 2006 to 2011, this relationship is both statistically and substantively significant.
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Kulik, J.M., Ermasova, N. Tax Expenditure Limitations (TELs) and State Expenditure Structure in the USA. Public Organiz Rev 18, 53–69 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-016-0361-3
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