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Fiscal decentralization and government size

✍ Scribed by Michael L. Marlow

Publisher: Springer US
Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Weight: 593 KB
Volume: 56
Category: Article
ISSN: 0048-5829
DOI: 10.1007/bf00130275

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✦ Synopsis

Numerous studies have attempted to model the possible factors contributing to universal growth in public sectors. This paper analyzes one device that appears capable of controlling some of that growth: fiscal decentralization. The results reported here also support the use of monopoly government assumptions in models of public policy

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