Fiscal decentralization and the size of government: a European country empirical analysis
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- Sonia Paty & Aurélie Cassette, 2009. "Fiscal Decentralization and the Size of Government: A European Country Empirical Analysis," Post-Print halshs-00418861, HAL.
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Keywords
Fiscal decentralization; Government size; Dynamic panel; Cointegration; Error-correction model; European countries; H5; H7; C23;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
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