Decentralization and Inflation: Commitment, Collective Action, or Continuity?

American Political Science Review

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 837-857

  Treisman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034554556     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2586211     Document Type: Article

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