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The Economic and Political Impacts of Top-Down Territorial Reforms: The Case of Sub-City Governments

António F. TavaresDepartment of International Relations and Public Administration, School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Braga, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 956-976 | Published online: 24 Jun 2015

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