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- Title
CASTING THE DECIDING VOTE: A DIFFICULT DECISION.
- Authors
Walker, Deborah; Walls, Simon; Cook, Roy; McKnight, Reed
- Abstract
This case is designed to encourage students to think critically through a series of issues dealing with government tax policy and how it can affect both private business and the community at large. Students are figuratively placed in the shoes of City Councilor Joe Colgan who is faced with the dilemma of how to give or deny voters the right to decide on a controversial public policy (tax) issue, the funding and building of a community recreation center. The concepts of tax incidence, the tax base, tax revenue generation, tax fairness theory and other public finance issues are presented; along with the unintended consequences of public tax policy on the local business environment.
- Subjects
FISCAL policy; TAX incidence; TAX base; INTERNAL revenue; CITY council members; COLGAN, Joe
- Publication
Annual Advances in Business Cases, 2008, p63
- ISSN
1939-4969
- Publication type
Case Study