Fiscal decentralization and public sector employment

Public Finance Review

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 539-571

  Martinez Vazquez, Jorge ^a   Yao, Ming Hung ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiscal decentralization; Public sector employment; Public sector size

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349298817     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142109343176     Document Type: Article

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