Fiscal decentralization, governance, and economic performance: A reconsideration

Economics and Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-235

  Treisman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FISCAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PLANNING; STATE ROLE; TAX SYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33745252180     PISSN: 09541985     EISSN: 14680343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0343.2006.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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