Does fiscal redistribution discourage local public investment?: Evidence from transitional Russia

Economics of Transition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-162

  Matheson, Thornton ^a  

^a Office of Tax Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal federalism; Public investment; Regional economics; Russia

Indexed keywords

FEDERAL SYSTEM; INVESTMENT LOCATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

EID: 13644252446     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2005.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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