Capital Management Practices in U. S. Counties

Public Works Management & Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 192-202

  Ebdon, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

assets; capital; counties; performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248046878     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: 15527549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X03259604     Document Type: Article

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