Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/78661 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2007:22
Publisher: 
Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU), Uppsala
Abstract: 
This study tests for strategic competition in public spending on childcare and primary education, and care for the elderly, using panel data on Swedish municipalities over 1996-2005. The high degree of decentralization in the organization of the public sector implies that Swedish data is highly suitable for this type of study. The study is not limited to interactions in the same type of expenditure, but also allows for effects across expenditures. The results give no robust support for the hypothesis that municipalities react on the spending policy of neighbouring municipalities in the decision on own spending on care of the elderly, childcare and education.
Subjects: 
Strategic interactions
spatial econometrics
decentralization
local public spending
JEL: 
C31
H72
H77
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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