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  "title": "Issues in Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in China",
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    "Authors: Era Dabla-Norris",
    "Published: February 1, 2005",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451860498.001",
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