The political economy of regional integration projects at borders where poor and rich meet: The role of cross-border shopping and community sorting

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 148-164

  Dascher, Kristof ^a   Haupt, Alexander ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community sorting; Cross border shopping; Federalism; Regional integration; Voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349311304     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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