Fiscal decentralization and economic growth

World Development

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1597-1616

  Martinez Vazquez, Jorge ^a   McNab, Robert M ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Fiscal decentralization

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FISCAL POLICY;

EID: 0043233159     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00109-8     Document Type: Article

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