Fiscal decentralization and trust

Public Finance Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 178-192

  Dincer, Oguzhan ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal decentralization; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954010550     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142109358706     Document Type: Article

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