Fiscal decentralization and macroeconomic management

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 437-462

  Shah, Anwar ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Federalism; Fiscal and monetary policy institutions; Fiscal decentralization; Fiscal rules; Macroeconomic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746239548     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-006-8948-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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