Individual demand for local public schooling: Evidence from Swedish survey data

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 331-351

  Ahlin, Åsa ^a   Johansson, Eva ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demand for local public school expenditure; Public employees; Survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042371972     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011206621433     Document Type: Article

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