Formula funding of public services: An economic analysis

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 301-322

  Smith, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL PROVISION; PUBLIC SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041887111     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/19.2.301     Document Type: Article

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