An Efficiency Case for Cost Equalisation in a Regional Economy with Migration Externalities

Cost equalisation, which redistributes income from low to high cost sub-national regions,is practised in many unitary and federal countries as part of broader schemes designed toequalise scal capacities. While these policies are motivated by equity, in this paper I showthat under plausible circumsta...

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Main Author: Petchey, Jeffrey
Format: Working Paper
Published: School of Economics and Finance, CBS 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39345