Fiscal decentralization in developing countries: The effects of local corruption and tax evasion

Annals of Economics and Finance

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-18

  Brueckner, Jan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Fiscal decentralization; Tax evasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005231499     PISSN: 15297373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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