Local government resource use under a centralised system of financing: The case of Norway

Local Government Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-54

  Borge, Lars Erik ^a   RattsoØ, JoØrn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

NORWAY;

EID: 0032771387     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003939908433936     Document Type: Article

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