Ageing Municipalities, Gerontocracy and Fiscal Competition
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- Montén, Anna & Thum, Marcel, 2010. "Ageing municipalities, gerontocracy and fiscal competition," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 235-247, June.
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Keywords
demographic change; fiscal competition; publicly provided goods;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
- H70 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - General
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