Reaction or interaction? Spatial process identification in multi-tiered government structures

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-53

  Revelli, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fiscal externalities; Local public expenditure; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037256298     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1190(02)00512-0     Document Type: Review

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