A Mis-signalling Problem? The Troubled Performance Relationship between Credit Unions and Local Government in the UK

Local Government Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-18

  Davis, Paul ^a   Brockie, Chris ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL PROVISION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; STATE-BUSINESS RELATIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034970505     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714004086     Document Type: Article

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