Business tax interactions among local governments: An empirical analysis of the French case

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 603-621

  Leprince, Matthieu ^a   Madiès, Thierry ^a,b   Paty, Sonia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING; TAX SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447286648     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2007.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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