City competition for the creative class

Journal of Cultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 413-451

  Buettner, Thiess ^a   Janeba, Eckhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capitalization; Creative class; Cultural amenities; Fiscal competition; Individual earnings; Tax autonomy; Theater subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941350783     PISSN: 08852545     EISSN: 15736997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10824-015-9258-1     Document Type: Article

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