Transparency in local government: antipodean initiatives

European Accounting Review

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 645-660

  Pallot, June ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0345441018     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180126794     Document Type: Article

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