Competition in the provision of local public goods: Single function jurisdictions and individual choice

Competition In The Provision Of Local Public Goods: Single Function Jurisdictions and Individual Choice

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-283

  Reifschneider, Alexandra Petermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781847200112     Document Type: Book

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