Which communities should be afraid of mobility? The effects of agglomeration economies on the sensitivity of employment location to local taxes

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 257-268

  Jofre Monseny, Jordi ^a,b   Solé Ollé, Albert ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institut d'Economia de Barcelona IEB   (Spain)

^c CESifo ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Employment location; Local taxes; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CORE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TAX SYSTEM;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 80053913298     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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