Dupuit, Pigou and cost of inefficiency in public services provision

Public Choice

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 485-502

  Afonso, António ^a,c   Gaspar, Vítor ^b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c BANCO DE PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Excess burden; Government efficiency; Spending; Taxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547809459     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-007-9174-9     Document Type: Article

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