Essays about: "Tiebout"
Found 3 essays containing the word Tiebout.
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1. Public Services and Migration : A comparison between Swedish rural and urban municipalities
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, NationalekonomiAbstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship between expenditures on local public services and the net migration rate for Swedish urban and rural municipalities. Data from Statistics Sweden over all Swedish municipalities between 2004 and 2014 was used for the empirical analysis. READ MORE
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2. Settling for Quality? : Estimating relative quality of life for Swedish counties using cross-migration data
University essay from Umeå universitet/NationalekonomiAbstract : The main purpose on this thesis is to analyze utility differences between Swedish counties and to determine the relative quality of life (QoL) for these regions. This is achieved by using migration data to estimate the counties attractiveness in line with Tiebout’s (1957) idea that individuals reveales their preferences for a region by choosing where to settle. READ MORE
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3. Local Income Taxation and Migration: Estimating the Effect of Local Income Tax Rates on Migration in a Tiebout Setting
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This study examines the impact of local income taxation on migration by using the Tiebout hypothesis. By studying the municipalities in the old Malmöhus region during 1992-2012 it is found that the level of a local income tax rate does not deter migrants, while a high tax rate relative to the average in the area does. READ MORE