Unravelling the Capital Charging Riddle – Some Empirical Evidence from Victoria

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-92

  Carlin, Tyrone M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

capital charge; new public financial management

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444360937     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0408.00164     Document Type: Article

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