Scale, performance and local government reorganization: An analysis of the non-metropolitan districts

Public Money and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 55-60

  Boyne, George ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030518789     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540969609387934     Document Type: Article

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