How do differences in property taxes within cities affect urban sprawl?

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 801-831

  Song, Yan ^a   Zenou, Yves ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; GIS; MODEL TEST; SUBURBAN AREA; TAX SYSTEM; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349792894     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2009.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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