Closing the gap: Fiscal imbalances and intergovernmental transfers in developed federations

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-102

  Bird, Richard M ^a   Tarasov, Andrey V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEDERAL SYSTEM; MARKET CONDITIONS; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 1342308548     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0328     Document Type: Article

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