A theory of fiscal imbalance

FinanzArchiv

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-27

  Boadway, Robin ^a   Tremblay, Jean François ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commitment; Fiscal externalities; Fiscal imbalance; Intergovernment transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847037185     PISSN: 00152218     EISSN: 16140974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/001522106776667004     Document Type: Article

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