When efficiency is unbelievable: Normative lessons from 30 years of city-county consolidations

Public Administration Review

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-489

  Leland, Suzanne ^a   Thurmaier, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23844526001     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2005.00473.x     Document Type: Review

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