FISCAL EQUALISATION IN AUSTRALIA: PROPOSALS FOR AN EFFICIENCY-BASED SYSTEM

Economic Papers

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-200

  Petchey, Jeffrey ^b   Levtchenkova, Sophia ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Efficiency; Equity; Fiscal equalisation; Labour mobility; Local public goods; Pareto; Strategic behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745274213     PISSN: 08120439     EISSN: 17593441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-3441.2004.tb00364.x     Document Type: Article

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