The impact of population density on municipal government expenditures

Public Finance Review

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-373

  Holcombe, Randall G ^a   Williams, DeEdgra W ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Local government finance; Municipal expenditures; Population density; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149132065     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142107308302     Document Type: Article

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