Beyond the efficiency-equity dilemma: Centralization as a determinant of government investment in infrastructure

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 599-615

  Albalate, Daniel ^a   Bel, Germà ^a   Fageda, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Centralization; Infrastructure; Investment; Redistribution

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAILWAY; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84865346701     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2011.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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