Does government fragmentation enhance or hinder metropolitan economic growth?

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 641-657

  Grassmueck, Georg ^a   Shields, Martin ^b  

^a LYCOMING COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Economic growth; Fragmentation; Government competition

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH MODELING; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84855297796     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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