Fiscal Externalities and Efficient Transfers in a Federation

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-139

  Sato, Motohiro ^a  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Equalization of MCPFs; Matching grants; Optimal fiscal gap; Tax externality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347056761     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008709203069     Document Type: Article

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