Are Local Governments Governed by Forward Looking Decision Makers?: An Investigation of Spending Patterns in Swedish Municipalities

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 254-271

  Dahlberg, Matz ^a   Lindström, Tomas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Local government consumption; intertemporal decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041181192     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/juec.1997.2069     Document Type: Article

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