Regional grants: Are they worth it?

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-275

  Wren, Colin ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 20744432324     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2005.00012.x     Document Type: Review

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