Smoke and mirrors: How regional finances complicate Spanish-Catalan relations

International Journal of Iberian Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-42

  Gray, Caroline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomous; Catalonia; Communities; Financial crisis; Fiscal decentralization; Political economy; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901340170     PISSN: 1364971X     EISSN: 17589150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/ijis.27.1.21_1     Document Type: Article

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