The impact of the Barnett formula on the Scottish economy: Endogenous population and variable formula proportions

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3008-3027

  Ferguson, Linda ^a   Learmonth, David ^a   McGregor, Peter G ^a,b   Swales, J Kim ^a,b   Turner, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; PUBLIC SPENDING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38049156158     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a38254     Document Type: Article

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