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Tax Competition and Direct Democracy in Local Public Finance - Empirical Work on Switzerland

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  • Mario Jametti, 2014. "Tax Competition and Direct Democracy in Local Public Finance - Empirical Work on Switzerland," ifo DICE Report, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 12(01), pages 12-17, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifodic:v:12:y:2014:i:01:p:12-17
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    1. Patricia Funk & Christina Gathmann, 2011. "Does Direct Democracy Reduce the Size of Government? New Evidence from Historical Data, 1890–2000," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 121(557), pages 1252-1280, December.
    2. Brülhart, Marius & Jametti, Mario, 2019. "Does tax competition tame the Leviathan?," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 177(C), pages 1-1.
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    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General

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