Fiscal Health for Local Governments: An Introduction to Concepts, Practical Analysis, and Strategies

Fiscal Health for Local Governments: An Introduction to Concepts, Practical Analysis, and Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-271

  Honadle, Beth Walter ^a   Costa, James M ^b   Cigler, Beverly A ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sun Trust Bank of South Georgia   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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