Budget reporting in local government: Problem or Solution?

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 16, Issue 40, 2006, Pages 72-81

  Kloot, Louise ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 70349988668     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2006.tb00047.x     Document Type: Article

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