Interregional redistribution as a cure to the soft budget syndrome in federations

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-58

  Akai, Nobuo ^a   Silva, Emilson C D ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Federation; Interregional income redistribution; Soft budget constraint; Syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049211550     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-007-9049-5     Document Type: Article

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