Fiscal decentralization and the business cycle: An empirical study of seven federations

Economics and Politics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-67

  Rodden, Jonathan ^a   Wibbels, Erik ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; DECENTRALIZATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISCAL POLICY;

EID: 75249086962     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: 14680343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2009.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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