The Fiscal Contract up Close: Experimental Evidence from Mexico City
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tax compliance; public goods; infrastructure; development;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- O23 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2024-12-02 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IUE-2024-12-02 (Informal and Underground Economics)
- NEP-URE-2024-12-02 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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