Table 2 Summary statistics for the groups of municipalities around the city center of Zurich
From: Tiebout sorting with progressive income taxation and a fiscal equalization scheme
| Â | Â | Municipality group | Â | Â | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Rich | Poor | Units | Rich/Poor | Rich + Poor |
Housing | |||||
Building area | 2471 | 2508 | ha | 0.99 | 4979 |
Land price (median) | 1540 | 977 | CHF/sqm | 1.58 | Â |
Population | |||||
Inhabitants | 136,707 | 224,911 | Â | 0.61 | 361,618 |
Tax payers | 91,287 | 156,660 | Â | 0.58 | 247,947 |
Households | 60,490 | 99,373 | Â | 0.61 | 158,863 |
Average income | 109,627 | 60,038 | CHF\(/N_j\) | 1.83 | 28.49 \(\hbox {bn}^\mathrm{a}\) |
Tax rate multiplier | 82.8 | 107.6 | in % | 0.77 | Â |
Expenditure | |||||
Total | 3860 | 3628 | CHF\(/N_j\) | 1.06 | Â |
\(\cdots\) generating spillovers | 1098 | 812 | CHF\(/N_j\) | 1.35 | Â |
\(\cdots\) high rivalry | 2653 | 2715 | CHF\(/N_j\) | 0.98 | Â |
FES | − 2580 | 426 | CHF\(/N_j\) | − 6.06 |  |