Is there convergence in provincial spending priorities?

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-89

  Atkinson, Michael M ^a   Bierling, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CHANGE; FEDERAL PROVINCIAL FISCAL RELATIONS; FISCAL POLICY; PROVINCE SPENDING;

CANADA;

EID: 0031784081     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3551730     Document Type: Article

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