Efficient revenue sharing and upper-level governments: Theory and application to Germany

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 647-667

  Buettner, Thiess ^a   Schwager, Robert ^b   Hauptmeier, Sebastian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

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EID: 84856579392     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/jite-2011-0007     Document Type: Article

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