Centralized vs. Decentralized Redistribution: A Case for Interregional Transfer Mechanisms

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 429-451

  Pfingsten, Andreas ^a   Wagener, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Fiscal Federalism; Public Funds Sharing; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001610173     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008656830324     Document Type: Article

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