Borders as boundaries to fiscal policy interactions? An empirical analysis of politicians' opinions on rivals in the competition for firms

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 583-606

  Geys, Benny ^a,b   Osterloh, Steffen ^c  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c German Council of Economic Experts   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FISCAL POLICY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884187192     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jors.12029     Document Type: Article

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