Equalization and the decentralization of revenue-raising in a federation

Journal of Public Economic Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-228

  Boadway, Robin ^a   Cuff, Katherine ^b   Marchand, Maurice ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 33746732076     PISSN: 10973923     EISSN: 14679779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9779.00130     Document Type: Article

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