Government fragmentation and budgetary policy in "good" and "bad" times in Flemish municipalities

Economics and Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-263

  Ashworth, John ^a   Heyndels, Bruno ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22444443658     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2005.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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