Market access effect and local tax setting: Evidence from French panel data

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-263

  Charlot, Sylvie ^a   Paty, Sonia ^a,b  

^a Centre d'Economie et Sociologie Appliquees a l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Market access effect; New economic geography; Panel data; Spatial dependence; Taxable agglomeration rent

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; MARKET; PANEL DATA; RENTAL SECTOR; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 34447327525     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbm016     Document Type: Article

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