Yardstick competition in intergovernmental relationships: theory and empirical predictions

Massimo Bordignon; Floriana Margherita Cerniglia; Federico Revelli

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2003.11.014

Yardstick competition in intergovernmental relationships: theory and empirical predictions

Massimo Bordignon, Floriana Margherita Cerniglia, Federico Revelli

University of Turin

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Abstract

We review yardstick competition theory as applied to fiscal choices in the intergovernmental context. We show that the theory is consistent with opposite results concerning neighbouring governments' fiscal behaviour, and discuss some empirical implications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	325-333
Number of pages	9
Journal	Economics Letters
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2003.11.014
Publication status	Published - 2004

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Local property tax
yardstick competition

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Yardstick competition in intergovernmental relationships: theory and empirical predictions

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