The politics of infrastructure investment: The role of product market competition
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Keywords
Spatial competition; Infrastructure investment; Salop's circular city; Political economy; Referendum;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
- H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
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