City managers: Do they promote fiscal efficiency?

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 343-351

  Stumm, Theodore J ^a   Corrigan, Matthew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0032337581     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.1998.tb00426.x     Document Type: Article

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