Does 'smart growth' matter to public finance?

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1791-1823

  Carruthers, John I ^a,b   Úlfarsson, Gudmundur F ^c  

^a Special Needs Assistance Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FISCAL POLICY; LAND USE; PUBLIC SPENDING; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN GROWTH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47949109521     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008093379     Document Type: Article

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