Fiscal retrenchment in state budgeting: Revisiting cutback management in a New Era

International Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 593-619

  Dougherty, Michael J ^a   Klase, Kenneth A ^b  

^a West Virginia University Extension Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Budgets; Cutbacks; Retrenchment; States

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650555938     PISSN: 01900692     EISSN: 15324265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01900690902952156     Document Type: Article

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