Clean and safe for all? The interaction betweeen business improvement districts and local government in the provision of public goods

National Tax Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 863-890

  Meltzer, Rachel ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Business improvement districts; Private governments; Public goods; Strategic interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955232545     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2011.3.05     Document Type: Article

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