Income Inequality, Fiscal Decentralization and Transfer Dependency
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WP; government redistribution; income inequality; fiscal decentralization; transfer dependency; COFOG; government finance statistics yearbook; recipient government; government activity; government expansion; Income distribution; Fiscal federalism; Total expenditures; Europe; Caribbean; Sub-Saharan Africa; Asia and Pacific;All these keywords.
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