The tax gradient: Spatial aspects of fiscal competition

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-29

  Agrawal, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84928885794     PISSN: 19457731     EISSN: 1945774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/pol.20120360     Document Type: Article

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