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Decentralized fiscal policy with high mobility reconsidered: Reasons for inefficiency and an optimal intervention scheme

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  • Wellisch, Dietmar, 1996. "Decentralized fiscal policy with high mobility reconsidered: Reasons for inefficiency and an optimal intervention scheme," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 12(1), pages 91-111, April.
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