Fiscal illusion and the Australian local government grants process: How sticky is the flypaper effect?

Public Choice

Volumn 99, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Worthington, Andrew C ^a   Dollery, Brian E ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0033435748     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018329802757     Document Type: Article

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