A spatial merger estimator with an application to school district consolidation

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 752-765

  Gordon, Nora ^a   Knight, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal federalism; Local public finance; Matching games; School district consolidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349108857     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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