Vertical fiscal externalities in a federation

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 917-930

  Dahlby, Bev ^a   Wilson, Leonard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiscal externality; Fiscal federalism; Infrastructure; Public good provision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038636251     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00137-2     Document Type: Article

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