Explanators of local government distress

Abacus

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 396-418

  Jones, Stewart ^a   Walker, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distress prediction; Local government; Model; Satisfactory condition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547972396     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2007.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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