[eng] The main determinant of all forms of local taxation in France between 1993 and 2006 was the cooperation between municipalities (communes) known as “intercommunality” (intercommunalité). First, a municipality’s membership in a Public Intermunicipal Cooperation Body (Établissement...

Understanding the causes and consequences of human migration has long been of interest to urban and regional economists. Empirical studies build on the theoretical results of Roback (1982) and Mueser and Graves (1995) by estimating the effects of wages, housing prices, and amenities on...

Among different determinants, amenities play a major role in the location of tourism activities. In Tourism Economics, an extensive literature investigates the influence of amenities either on destination choice made by tourists or on economic development, generally at a regional or national...