Index of fiscal decentralisation: Methodology and findings

Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-478

  Price, Victoria Curzon ^a   Garello, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Fiscal coherence; Index of fiscal decentralisation; Taxpayer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931828480     PISSN: 11456396     EISSN: 21531552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1145-6396.1105     Document Type: Article

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