Developing an alert system for local governments in financial crisis

Public Money and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-181

  Zafra Gómez, José Luis ^a   López Hernández, Antonio Manuel ^a   Hernández Bastida, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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EID: 77955755414     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540960902891731     Document Type: Article

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