Fiscal Decentralization and Government Size: An International Test for Leviathan Accounting for Unmeasured Economic Activity

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-186

  Anderson, John E ^a   Van Den Berg, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal centralization; Leviathan; Size of government; Unmeasured economic activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043150908     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008690304663     Document Type: Article

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