Designing state aid formulas: the case of a new formula for distributing municipal aid in Massachusetts
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Municipal finance - Massachusetts; Municipal finance; Local finance - Massachusetts; Local finance;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-URE-2008-06-07 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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