Who gets what from whom? The impact of decentralisation on tax capacity and social spending

Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 344-369

  Schneider, Aaron ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decentralisation; Methodology; Social spending; Tax

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; DECENTRALIZATION; FINANCIAL POLICY; PUBLIC SPENDING; SOCIAL POLICY; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 33845495653     PISSN: 14662043     EISSN: 17439094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14662040600997122     Document Type: Article

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