Fiscal federalism, good governance, and economic growth in Mexico

In Search of Prosperity: Analytic Narratives on Economic Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 399-435

  Careaga, Maite ^a   Weingast, Barry R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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