Effects of club size in the provision of public goods. Network and congestion effects in the case of the French municipalities

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 443-460

  Guengant, Alain ^a   Josselin, Jean Michel ^a   Rocaboy, Yvon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Congestion; Local governments; Public goods; Urban economics

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SERVICE; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 1642471455     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101100200116     Document Type: Article

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