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Partial Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Spending Policy

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|Feb 2019

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Language: English
Page range: 21 - 31
Submitted on: Mar 9, 2018
Accepted on: Sep 30, 2018
Published on: Feb 23, 2019
Published by: University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow
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