Fiscal Competition and the Composition of Public Expenditure: An Empirical Study

This paper investigates whether fiscal competition affects the structure of public spending, where theory predicts a shift from residential public goods to industrial public goods. We propose an empirical model that specifically accounts for the strategic nature and endogeneity of fiscal competition...

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Main Author: Hannes Winner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw 2012-09-01
Series:Contemporary Economics
Online Access:http://ce.vizja.pl/en/download-pdf/id/249