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Decentralising the public sector: Fiscal Decentralisation as a Mechanism to Modernise the State - Truths and Myths

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  • Loenardo Letelier Saavedra, 2004. "Decentralising the public sector: Fiscal Decentralisation as a Mechanism to Modernise the State - Truths and Myths," ifo DICE Report, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 2(01), pages 15-20, October.
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