Interjurisdictional competition in emission taxes under imperfect competition of local firms

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 345-368

  Bayindir Upmann, Thorsten ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric Cournot competition; Emission taxation; F12; H23; H32; H41; Interjurisdictional tax competition; Local public goods; R50

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038720424     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(98)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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