Granting public or private consumption? Effects of grants on local public spending and income taxes
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- Lundqvist, Heléne, 2010. "Granting public or private consumption? Effects of grants on local public spending and income taxes," Working Papers 15, VATT Institute for Economic Research.
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Keywords
Intergovernmental grants; Difference-in-difference model; Flypaper effect; C23; H71; H72; H77; R51;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
- R51 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Finance in Urban and Rural Economies
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