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Public participation in the budgetary process in the Republic of Croatia



Gordan Struić*
   
Vjekoslav Bratić*
Review article   |   Year:  2018   |   Pages:  67 - 92   |   Volume:  42   |   Issue:  1
Received:  September 11, 2017   |   Accepted:  November 7, 2017   |   Published online:  March 8, 2018
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