Precommitment in a system of hierarchical governments

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 481-504

  Hoyt, William H ^a   Jensen, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Policy coordination; State and local government relations

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS; PLANNING THEORY; POLICY MAKING; PRECOMMITMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0030437953     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0462(96)02132-1     Document Type: Article

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