Do Local Governments Engage in Strategic Property-Tax Competition?

Borradores de Economia
Number: 
139
Published: 
Classification JEL: 
H20, H30, H70
Keywords: 
Human capital agglomeration, Social returns, Private returns, Externalities, Uncertainty, Fiscal policy
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