Do governments tax agglomeration rents?

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-106

  Koh, Hyun Ju ^a   Riedel, Nadine ^b   Böhm, Tobias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agglomeration rents; Corporate taxation; Regional differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873469993     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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