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In a federal system of government there is more than one level of authority. Each level has responsibility for making some independent decisions. The levels are therefore, and necessarily, coordinate.
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Burkhead, J., Miner, J. (1971). Fiscal Federalism. In: Public Expenditure. Aldine Treatises in Modern Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01372-2_8
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