A Transactions Costs Model of Metropolitan Governance: Allocation Versus Redistribution in Urban America

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-78

  Lowery, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0002831682     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024266     Document Type: Article

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