Do better contracts make better economic development incentives?

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-55

  Weber, Rachel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC PLANNING; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 0036194174     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360208977190     Document Type: Article

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