Performance rating and yardstick competition in social service provision

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 459-475

  Revelli, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Information spill overs; Social services; Spatial auto correlation; Welfare competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644451108     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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