Fiscal decentralization and economic growth in Spain

Public Finance Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-218

  Carrion I Silvestre, Josep Lluis ^a   Espasa, Marta ^a   Mora, Toni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Fiscal decentralization; Institutional decentralization; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849146449     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142107304649     Document Type: Article

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