A common trend, different houses: Devolution in Italy, Spain and the UK

Public Money and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Fedele, Paolo ^a,b   Ongaro, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SDA Bocconi School of Management

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EID: 40749086358     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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