Firm births and employment change in the British counties: 1981-89

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 483-500

  Ashcroft, Brian ^a   Love, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT CHANGE; FIRM FORMATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UK;

EID: 0030418696     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02412291     Document Type: Article

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