State fiscal institutions and empty-nest migration: Are Tiebout voters hobbled?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 407-427

  Farnham, Martin ^a   Sevak, Purvi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Migration; State and local government; Taxation; Tiebout hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644442748     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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