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Comparative Issues in Local Government Accounting pp 69–85Cite as

Trends and Open Issues in Governmental Accounting Systems: Some Elements of Comparison

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In the leading market economy countries, the scope of action of public administration is becoming increasingly multifarious and complex. There are manifold indicators in this sense: a steady growth in the volume of resources gathered and consumed, the extension of interventions to various different areas of need, the high number of public employees, and many more.

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    Eugenio Caperchione

  2. Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan, Italy

    Eugenio Caperchione

  3. Università di Siena, Italy

    Riccardo Mussari

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Caperchione, E. (2000). Trends and Open Issues in Governmental Accounting Systems: Some Elements of Comparison. In: Caperchione, E., Mussari, R. (eds) Comparative Issues in Local Government Accounting. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4581-1_5

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