Demand-threshold estimation for business activities in rural Saskatchewan

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 155-177

  Wensley, Mitch R D ^a   Stabler, Jack C ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND THRESHOLD; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; RURAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 0031749494     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-4146.00086     Document Type: Article

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