The use of performance information in budgetary decision-making by legislators: Is estonia any different?

Public Administration

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1000-1015

  Raudla, Ringa ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ESTONIA;

EID: 84871590288     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2012.02041.x     Document Type: Article

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