Public sector transition in post-communist economies: The struggle for fiscal decentralisation in the Czech and Slovak Republics

Post-Communist Economies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-283

  Bryson, Phillip J ^a   Cornia, Gary C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; FISCAL REFORM; POST-COMMUNISM; PUBLIC SPENDING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 5044238729     PISSN: 14631377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463137042000257519     Document Type: Article

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