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Research Article

Comparative Analysis of Financial Bureaucracies of Europe: The Influence of Policy Sector vs Administrative Tradition on the Attitudes of Finance Officials

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Pages 393-415 | Received 27 Mar 2020, Accepted 01 Sep 2020, Published online: 28 Dec 2020

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