Strategic fiscal interaction across borders: Evidence from French and German local governments along the Rhine Valley

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-30

  Cassette, Aurélie ^b   Di Porto, Edoardo ^b,c   Foremny, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fiscal federalism; Fiscal interactions; Spatial econometrics; Tax competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857325122     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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