Tax and the city - A theory of local tax competition

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-100

  Janeba, Eckhard ^a,b   Osterloh, Steffen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b CESifo ^*  (Germany)

^c German Council of Economic Experts   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric tax competition; Intensity of competition; Local tax competition; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884197360     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.07.004     Document Type: Article

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