Measurement, incorporation and use of performance information in the budget a methodological survey approach to map performance budgeting practices in local government

Society and Economy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 331-355

  Bleyen, Pieter ^a   Lombaert, Stijn ^a   Bouckaert, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Local government budget; Performance budgeting; Performance management; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947272196     PISSN: 15889726     EISSN: 1588970X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/204.2015.37.3.2     Document Type: Article

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