Balanced budget multipliers for small open regions within a federal system: Evidence from the scottish variable rate of income tax

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 402-421

  Lecca, Patrizio ^a,b   Mcgregor, Peter G ^a,b   Swales, J Kim ^a,b   Yin, Ya Ping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Centre for Constitutional Change   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FEDERAL SYSTEM; INCOME; LABOR MARKET; MACROECONOMICS; TAX SYSTEM; WAGE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84901824808     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jors.12113     Document Type: Article

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