New evidence on the effect of fiscal decentralization on the size and composition of government spending

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Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 250-280

  Fiva, Jon H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Composition of government; Fiscal federalism; Size of government; Subcentral fiscal autonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249035458     PISSN: 00152218     EISSN: 16140974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/001522106X120659     Document Type: Article

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