Fiscal decentralization and economic growth: Spending versus revenue decentralization

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1915-1931

  Gemmell, Norman ^a,b   Kneller, Richard ^a   Sanz, Ismael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

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EID: 84883135500     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2012.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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