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The Principles of Parallel Development of Fiscal Capacity between State and Municipalities as Useful Benchmarks for the Determination of the Inter-governmental Grants in Germany

Chang Woon Nam
,
Rüdiger Parsche
&
Matthias Steinherr
Pages 525-537 | Published online: 10 Nov 2009

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