The selection principle and market failure in systems competition

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-274

  Sinn, Hans Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiscal competition; H20; H70; Market failure; Systems competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031280546     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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