Public spending interactions and local politics. Empirical evidence from French municipalities

Public Choice

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 57-80

  Foucault, Martial ^a,b   Madies, Thierry ^c,d   Paty, Sonia ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

^f Centre d'Economie et Sociologie Appliquees a l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel data; France; Local government; Spending interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249130722     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9312-z     Document Type: Article

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