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Activity-Based Costing in Public Services

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Tuccillo, D. (2016). Activity-Based Costing in Public Services. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2318-1

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