State and local finance: Increasing focus on fiscal sustainability

Publius: The Journal of Federalism

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 455-475

  Ward, Robert B ^a   Dadayan, Lucy ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 71949123924     PISSN: 00485950     EISSN: 17477107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/publius/pjp014     Document Type: Article

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