Fiscal illusion at the local level: An empirical test using Australian municipal data

Economic Record

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-48

  Dollery, Brian ^a   Worthington, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 0032837038     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1999.tb02432.x     Document Type: Article

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