Bidding for business: New evidence on the effect of locally offered economic development incentives in a metropolitan area

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 132-148

  Wassmer, Robert W ^a   Anderson, John E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0035609767     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124240101500203     Document Type: Article

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