The economic case for fiscal federalism

New Wealth for Old Nations: Scotland's Economic Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 96-116

  Hallwood, Paul ^a   MacDonald, Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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