State and local fiscal sustainability: The challenges

Public Administration Review

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Chapman, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 54349097828     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2008.00983.x     Document Type: Review

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