Do people vote with their feet? An empirical test of tiebout's mechanism

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 843-863

  Spencer Banzhaf, H ^a   Walsh, Randall P ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 54749133194     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.3.843     Document Type: Article

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