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Political alignment and the allocation of the COVID-19 response funds—evidence from municipalities in Poland

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|May 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2022.1.4 | Journal eISSN: 2450-0097 | Journal ISSN: 2392-1641
Language: English
Page range: 50 - 71
Submitted on: Jan 28, 2022
Accepted on: Mar 28, 2022
Published on: May 9, 2022
Published by: Poznań University of Economics and Business Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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