The impact of performance budgeting on the role of the legislature: A four-country study

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-203

  Sterck, Miekatrien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Australia; Canada; Legislature; Performance budgeting; Sweden; The Netherlands; Use of performance information

Indexed keywords

LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY MAKING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BENELUX; CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250213265     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852307077960     Document Type: Article

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