Budget Change in Georgia Counties: Examining Patterns and Practices

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-93

  Lu, Haoran ^a,c,d   Facer II, Rex L ^b  

^a Georgia Department of Education   (Georgia)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget reform; Budgeting; Local government budgeting; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342643507     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074003260437     Document Type: Article

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