The political trend in local government tax setting

Public Choice

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 125-134

  Santolini, Raffaella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Political trend; Social interaction; Tax mimicking

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949111907     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9383-x     Document Type: Article

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