More Peace for Less Money: Measurement and Accountability in the Swedish Armed Forces

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-484

  Catasús, Bino ^a   Grönlund, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

accountability; armed forces; measurement; New Public Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748983335     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0267-4424.2005.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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