Why cities should not be subsidized

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 433-447

  Fenge, Robert ^a   Meier, Volker ^a  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cities; Congestion; Fiscal equalization; Publicity provided goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036874545     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1190(02)00528-4     Document Type: Article

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