Local Public Goods, Risk Sharing, and Private Information in Federal Systems

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-60

  Cornes, Richard C ^a   Silva, Emilson C D ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information asymmetry; interregional insurance; federal systems; participation constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002228230     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/juec.1999.2132     Document Type: Article

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