Fiscal Illusion at the Local Sphere: An Empirical Test of the Flypaper Effect using South African Municipal Data
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- C20 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - General
- H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
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