Local government failure in Australia? An empirical analysis of New South Wales

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 54-64

  Byrnes, Joel ^a   Dollery, Brian ^a  

^a RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0036025948     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8500.00284     Document Type: Article

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