Investment scale as a signal in industrial assistance schemes with employment objectives

Economica

Volumn 70, Issue 278, 2003, Pages 331-352

  Wren, Colin ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; REGIONAL POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038329248     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0335.00327     Document Type: Article

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