Performance competition in local media markets

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1585-1594

  Revelli, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local elections; Performance rating; Property tax; Yardstick competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649101298     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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