Measuring the benefits from public services: The effects of local government spending on the distribution of income in Norway

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-83

  Aaberge, Rolf ^a   Langørgen, Audun ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

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EID: 33644690534     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2006.00176.x     Document Type: Review

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