Volunteering to be taxed: Business improvement districts and the extra-governmental provision of public safety

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 388-406

  Brooks, Leah ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business improvement districts; Collective action; Local public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549016729     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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