An introduction to decentralization failure

Managing Fiscal Decentralization

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 31-45

  Breton, Albert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b International Center for Economic Research   (Italy)

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EID: 84905203830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203219997     Document Type: Chapter

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