Determinants of economic development incentives offered by states: A test of the arms race hypothesis

Review of Regional Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages

  Jenn, Mark A ^a   Nourzad, Farrokh ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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