Economies of scale in Danish municipalities: Expenditure effect versus quality effects

Local Government Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-95

  Christoffersen, Henrik ^a   Larsen, Karsten Bo ^a  

^a Inst of Local Government Studies   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; EXPENDITURE; LEADERSHIP; POPULATION SIZE; TAX SYSTEM; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POLITICS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34250756596     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930601081283     Document Type: Article

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