Are culturally diverse countries more fiscally decentralized?

Growth and Development in the Global Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 203-223

  Campbell, Harry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84864409020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781009772.00023     Document Type: Chapter

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