Institutional destabilisation and the new public management: the case of tax incremental financing

International Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 122-147

  Covaleski, Mark A ^a   Dirsmith, Mark W ^b   Mantzke, Katrina L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61849156102     PISSN: 17400600     EISSN: 17400619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijpp.2005.007799     Document Type: Article

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