The regional distribution of public expenditures in the UK: An exposition and critique of the Barnett formula

European Research in Regional Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 191-207

  Ferguson, L ^a   McGregor, P G ^a   Swales, J K ^a   Turner, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; FISCAL POLICY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC SPENDING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942440527     PISSN: 09606130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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