Residential Mobility in London A Micro-Level Test of the Behavioural Assumptions of the Tiebout Model

British Journal of Political Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 379-397

  John, Peter ^a   Dowding, Keith ^b   Biggs, Stephen ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84975953968     PISSN: 00071234     EISSN: 14692112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007123400007250     Document Type: Article

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