Local Government Border Congruence and the Fiscal Commons: Evidence from Ohio School Districts
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.243986
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- Joshua C. Hall, 2014. "Local Government Border Congruence and the Fiscal Commons : Evidence from Ohio School Districts," Working Papers 14-13, Department of Economics, West Virginia University.
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Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Public Economics;All these keywords.
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- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
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