Public Sector Decentralization: Measurement Concepts and Recent International Trends
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Fiscal Decentralization; Measurement of Decentralization; Sub-national Autonomy; Tax Autonomy;All these keywords.
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- H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
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