Assessing local capacity for federal grant-getting

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 463-479

  Hall, Jeremy L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Heritage Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal federalism; Government capacity; Grants; Intergovernmental relations; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249089887     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074007311385     Document Type: Article

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