Accountability and fiscal equalization

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2336-2349

  Kotsogiannis, Christos ^a   Schwager, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equalization transfer programs; Fiscal federalism; Rent seeking; Yardstick fiscal competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149106732     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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