Local expenditure interaction in Italian municipalities: Do local council partnerships make a difference?

Local Government Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 655-677

  Ermini, Barbara ^a   Santolini, Raffaella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local council partnerships; Local public spending interaction; Spatial econometrics; Spill overs; Yardstick competition

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PUBLIC SPENDING;

ITALY;

EID: 77956496052     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2010.506979     Document Type: Article

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