Regional Governance Matters: Quality of Government within European Union Member States;La gouvernance régionale importe: La qualité des pouvoirs publics au sein des pays membres de l'Union européenne

Regional Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-90

  Charron, Nicholas ^a   Dijkstra, Lewis ^b   Lapuente, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Composite index; Corruption; Europe; Governance; Institutions; Regions

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; DECENTRALIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

BASQUE COUNTRY [SPAIN]; BOLZANO; ITALY; SPAIN; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

EID: 84906733694     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2013.770141     Document Type: Article

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