City size and the demand for local public goods

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-21

  Buettner, Thiess ^a,b   Holm Hadulla, Fédéric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b CESifo ^*  (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congestion; Fiscal need; Local public goods; Population size

Indexed keywords

COST; DEMAND ANALYSIS; FISCAL POLICY; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC GOODS; PUBLIC SPENDING; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 84871601187     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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