Fiscal policy and self-employment: Targeting business growth

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-98

  Sloan, Brian ^a   Chittenden, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISCAL POLICY; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33644649073     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0519     Document Type: Article

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