When states go broke: The origins, context, and solutions for the American States in fiscal crisis

When States Go Broke: The Origins, Context, and Solutions for the American States in Fiscal Crisis

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-325

  Skeel, David A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139150835     Document Type: Book

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