Casino gambling as local growth generation: Playing the economic development game in reverse?

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 409-421

  Felsenstein, Daniel ^a   Littlepage, Laura ^b   Klacik, Drew ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033262381     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0735-2166.00028     Document Type: Article

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