Does competition for capital discipline governments? The role of fiscal equalization

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 345-374

  Liu, Yongzheng ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Disciplining effect; Fiscal competition; Fiscal equalization; System GMM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904355796     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-013-9272-1     Document Type: Article

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