Competing in taxes and investment under fiscal equalization

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2392-2402

  Hindriks, Jean ^a   Peralta, Susana ^a,b,d   Weber, Shlomo ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiscal equalization; Fiscal federalism; Heterogeneous regions; Public investments

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149095152     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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