Deficit in the provision of local public services and municipal typology;Déficit en la provisión local de servicios públicos y tipología municipal

Revista de Economia Aplicada

Volumn 16, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 111-132

  Fluvià, Modest ^a   Rigall I Torrent, Ricard ^a   Garriga, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Local public good; Optimal municipal size; Population units; Tobit model

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649130098     PISSN: 1133455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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