Budget procedures and the size of the budget: Evidence from Danish local government

Scandinavian Political Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-106

  Blom Hansen, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 0036001536     PISSN: 00806757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9477.00064     Document Type: Article

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