The central government grant allocation problem in the presence of misrepresentation and cheating

Economics of Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-147

  Gilbert, Guy ^a   Rocaboy, Yvon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Auditing procedures; Local government; Lump sum grant; Matching grant; Public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444410268     PISSN: 14356104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10101-004-0071-0     Document Type: Article

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