E-government and public financial reporting the case of Spanish regional governments

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-177

  Bolívar, Manuel Pedro Rodríguez ^a   Pérez, Carmen Caba ^b   Hernández, Antonio M López ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autonomous regions; Digital accounts; e government; Public financial information

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248547340     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074006293193     Document Type: Article

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