Citizens' access to on-line governmental financial information: Practices in the European Union countries

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 258-276

  Caba Pérez, Carmen ^a   López Hernández, Antonio M ^b   Rodríguez Bolívar, Manuel Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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EID: 20844452912     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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