Interactions in Local Governments' Spending Decisions: Evidence from Portugal

Regional Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1441-1456

  costa, Hélia ^a   Veiga, Linda Gonçalves ^b   Portela, Miguel ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel data; Local government; Spatial econometrics; Spending interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937514217     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2013.835798     Document Type: Article

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