Fiscal decentralization and local expenditure policy in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-122

  Jia, Junxue ^a   Guo, Qingwang ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Common pool problem; Fiscal decentralization; Local expenditure policy; Vertical fiscal imbalance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893471794     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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