Preventing local government fiscal crises: Emerging best practices

Public Administration Review

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 759-767

  Coe, Charles K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44949178314     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2008.00913.x     Document Type: Review

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