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Fiscal Structure and Residents’ Well-Being in Korea

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Abstract

Local financial expenditures have been the subject of focused inspection in Korea. There is little research devoted specifically either to the self-accountability of local governments or to a residents-oriented expenditure system. This chapter, in the context of local financial accountability, is an effort to find a way to reorganize the role apportionment for community well-being and explore it from the fiscal structure perspective.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (NRF-2013S1A3A2054622).

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  1. Dean of Humanities & Social Science College, Suwon University, Seoul kangnamgu dokog street 242 samho apt. 1-1105, Gyeonggi, South Korea

    Youngkyun Oh

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  1. Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

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  2. Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of)

    Seung Jong Lee

  3. Honors College, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Rhonda Phillips

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Oh, Y. (2019). Fiscal Structure and Residents’ Well-Being in Korea. In: Kee, Y., Lee, S., Phillips, R. (eds) Perspectives on Community Well-Being . Community Quality-of-Life and Well-Being. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15115-7_9

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