New development: Scotland's concordatAn assessment of the new financial framework in central-local relations

Public Money and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-70

  Midwinter, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70449631660     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617392     Document Type: Article

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