Too big or too small? A synthetic view of the commitment problem of interregional transfers

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 551-559

  Akai, Nobuo ^a   Sato, Motohiro ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bailouts; Decentralized leadership; Interregional transfers; Soft budget

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349117994     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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